Emergent vs Develop - What's the difference?
emergent | develop |
As verbs the difference between emergent and develop is that emergent is while develop is to change with a specific direction, progress. As an adjective emergent is emerging (in the process of emerging).
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
emergent English
(emergence)
Adjective
( en adjective)
(lb) Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
* 1918 , The Missionary Review of the World , volume 41, page 818:
- In all these great and vital things which America has discovered to be emergent necessities,
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
(botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
(video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
* 2008 , Jim Rossignol, This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities (page 126)
- In short, emergent games are ones that allow a huge range of possibilities and don't dictate a strict, linear flow of events. A strategy game is emergent because so many units can interact and have some effect on each other.
Derived terms
* emergent evolution
* emergently
Noun
( en noun)
(botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
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develop English
(Development)
Alternative forms
* develope (obsolete)
Verb
To change with a specific direction, progress.
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(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
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* 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.
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To bring out images latent in photographic film.
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To acquire something usually over a period of time.
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(chess) To place one's pieces actively.
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(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.
Related terms
* developing
* development
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