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Developing vs Established - What's the difference?

developing | established |

As adjectives the difference between developing and established

is that developing is of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

As verbs the difference between developing and established

is that developing is while established is (establish).

developing

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • established

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)