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Creation vs Develop - What's the difference?

creation | develop |

As a noun creation

is creation.

As a verb develop is

to change with a specific direction, progress.

creation

English

Noun

  • (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
  • I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!
  • (uncountable) The act of creating something.
  • The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
  • (uncountable) All which exists.
  • Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation .

    Derived terms

    * cocreation, co-creation

    develop

    English

    (Development)

    Alternative forms

    * develope (obsolete)

    Verb

  • To change with a specific direction, progress.
  • (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
  • * Owen
  • All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
  • To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
  • * Jowett (Thucyd)
  • We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
  • To create.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
  • To bring out images latent in photographic film.
  • 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.
  • Usage notes

    * Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.