Beget vs Develop - What's the difference?
beget | develop | Related terms |
To cause; to produce.
To father (rarely: to mother); to sire; to produce (a child).
To happen to; befall.
To change with a specific direction, progress.
(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
* Owen
To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
* Jowett (Thucyd)
To create.
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To acquire something usually over a period of time.
(chess) To place one's pieces actively.
(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
Beget is a related term of develop.
As verbs the difference between beget and develop
is that beget is to cause; to produce while develop is to change with a specific direction, progress.beget
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Quotations
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See also
* sireReferences
* * English irregular verbsdevelop
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(Development)Alternative forms
* develope (obsolete)Verb
- All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
- We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
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