# Variant-Masked Duplicate

> Resolving a naming collision by giving the second file a variant, so two files doing one job keep two names and the duplication becomes permanent.

Record: `lexicon:variant-masked-duplicate`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-variant-masked-duplicate

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unreferenced Export Triage](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unreferenced-export-triage.md) and before [Stranded Test](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stranded-test.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Negated by

- [Collision Consolidation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/collision-consolidation.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)