Q:

Is my answer a duplicate?

I recently answered a word request question without having read any other answers. In the question, the OP suggested the best word that came to their mind, and my answer agreed with their suggestion.
It was later brought to my attention that another user's answer had also agreed with the OP's suggested word, and they are now demanding I remove my answer, claiming it is a duplicate of theirs. I am unsure if this is a just course of action.
The post I am being accused of duplicating did not define the suggested word as I did, and additionally suggested many, many other words, which I did not. We both agreed with the OP, but I do not think this is grounds for being a duplicate. It's not even as though I took the other answer's idea, it was the OP's. If the community at large seems to think I should delete my answer, however, I will do it.

A:

Duplicate answers, in the sense that the same answer is given but the post is not literally the same, are permitted by Stack Exchange policy. This allows users to provide different explanations, or provide their own take on the matter.
However, for obvious reasons, we do not accept copy-and-pasted answers.
As your answer is of the former kind, there is no issue with it. I have removed the comments on the answer accordingly.

