Derived vs Devised - What's the difference?
derived | devised |
(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
(derive)
(devise)
To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
* Bancroft
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To leave (property) in a will.
(archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
* Alexander Pope
(archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
The act of leaving real property in a will.
Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
* Bancroft
The real property left in such a will.
As verbs the difference between derived and devised
is that derived is past tense of derive while devised is past tense of devise.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)- 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
* apomorphyVerb
(head)devised
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Verb
(head)devise
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(wikipedia devise)Verb
(devis)- to devise''' an argument; to '''devise a machine, or a new system of writing
- devising schemes to realize his ambitious views
- Thus, the task of the linguist devising' a grammar which models the linguistic competence of the fluent native speaker is to '''devise a ''finite'' set of rules which are capable of specifying how to form, interpret, and pronounce an ''infinite set of well-formed sentences.
- I thought, devised , and Pallas heard my prayer.
- For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore / They are which fortunes do by vows devise .
- (Spenser)
Noun
(en noun)- Fines upon devises were still exacted.