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What's the difference between those two?

Could you give an example where you should use one and cannot use the other, and explain why?

These two words are used in computer programs, but the distinction between the two is not clear. Looking them up in a dictionary is not helping.

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This is not a real question, I'm afraid, because it lacks a context. If you want to give someone a prostate massage, you have to "insert your finger" into the guy's rectum until you feel the prostate gland: you cannot "paste" it. Please provide a real context and explain why you can't figure out the difference for yourself after checking a dictionary to see what these two words mean. – Bill Franke Feb 1 at 2:23
Context: If I want to give someone a prostate massage, why I have to "insert my finger" into the guy's rectum and cannot paste it? I can't figure out the difference. – user40 Feb 1 at 2:29
I think it's safe to assume that they are coming from the two being used in computing contexts, which in fairness if you don't know the history of overwrite mode being more common, or of the cut-and-paste metaphor, is not something you're going to be able to figure out from a look at a dictionary. – Jon Hanna Feb 1 at 2:32
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@JonHanna Even so, without context this is both GR and NARQ – simchona♦ Feb 1 at 2:33
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@BillFranke that's the first thing I did before I voted to reopen, because I didn't think what I found would be very useful. I have since restricted to wikipedia and do think that between en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut,_copy,_and_paste and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insert_key they should be able to figure it out, so I'm no longer in favour of a reopen. – Jon Hanna Feb 1 at 2:52
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closed as general reference by Bill Franke, simchona♦ Feb 1 at 2:29

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