different between duplicator vs copier

English

Etymology

duplicate +? -or

Noun

duplicator (plural duplicators)

1. A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier.
   • 1975, Wisconsin Library Bulletin (volumes 71-72, page 116)

     Schools joining the cooperative were assessed an initial membership fee to purchase a high-speed tape duplicator and about 200 tapes.

Translations

Anagrams

• dual-tropic, dualtropic

Latin

Verb

duplic?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of duplic?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of duplic?

References

• duplicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duplicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• duplicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

copy +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?p??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?pi?/

Noun

copier (plural copiers)

1. A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
2. A person who copies documents.
3. (computing) A program or process that copies.

   a file copier; a disk copier

Synonyms

• (machine): duplicator, copy machine, xerox machine, xerox, xeroxer
• (person): copyist (writing by hand); xeroxer (using a photocopier)

Hyponyms

(machine): (one particular kind of copier)

• photocopier
• xerox machine
• xerography machine

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin copi?, copi?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.pje/

Verb

copier

1. to copy

Conjugation

Descendants

• ? Romanian: copia

Further reading

• “copier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• picore, picoré

Norman

Etymology

From Medieval Latin copi?re.

Verb

copier

1. (Jersey) to copy (produce an object identical to a given object)