pleading vs replication

replication vs pleading

pleading and replication both are nouns.

pleading is an adjective but replication is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pleading	Yes	Yes	No	No
replication	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, replication is a hyponym of pleading; that is, replication is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pleading:

pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
replication: (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer

Other hyponyms of pleading include affirmative pleading, alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative, answer, charge, complaint, complaint, defective pleading, demurrer, rebuttal, rebutter, rejoinder, special pleading, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder.

pleading (noun)	replication (noun)
(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding	the act of making copies
	the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
	copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
	the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
	(law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
	a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
	(genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division

pleading (adjective)	replication (adjective)
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Difference between pleading and replication

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