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Derived vs Derivated - What's the difference?

derived | derivated |

As verbs the difference between derived and derivated

is that derived is past tense of derive while derivated is past tense of derivate.

As an adjective derived

is of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

derived

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
  • (comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.
  • product of derivation
    • The French language is derived from Latin.

    Usage notes

    Modern systematics proscribes use of derived'' to mean "advanced", preferring to use ''derived to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality.

    See also

    * apomorphy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (derive)

    • derivated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (derivate)

    • derivate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Derived; derivative.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something derived; a derivative.

    • Verb

    (derivat)
  • (obsolete) To derive.
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