Development vs Evolution - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
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, title= (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
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(countable) Something which has developed.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real estate development.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (''cf. research).
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.
The process of accumulating change.
A progression of change, often branching and diversifying in the process.
(general) Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth; development.
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, chapter=4 * 1976 , (Richard Dawkins), (The Selfish Gene) :
* 2005 , (Eckhart Tolle), (A New Earth) :
(biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
* 1976 , (Richard Dawkins), (The Selfish Gene) :
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, title= (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
(mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.
(military) One of a series of ordered movements.
(dance, sports) A turning movement of the body.
* 1869 , Anon., Miss Langley's Will :
* 1825 , Theodore Edward Hook, Sayings and Doings: Passion and principle :
* 1863 , Knightley Willia Horlock, The master of the hounds :
* 1869 , William Clarke, The boy's own book :
As nouns the difference between development and evolution
is that development is the process of developing; growth, directed change while evolution is the process of accumulating change.development
English
(wikipedia development)Noun
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- Of more significance in the nature of branch development ; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
evolution
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(en noun)citation, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
- There are some examples of cultural evolution' in birds and monkeys, but it is our own species that really shows what cultural ' evolution can do.
- Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.
- [Some books have] made the erroneous assumption that the important thing in evolution is the good of the species (or the group) rather than the good of the individual (or the gene).
Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
- It was a critical instant: the pirouette -- it would fail, she feared. … the rapid whirl achieved in exact time, the whole evolution executed to perfection.
- … as he beheld the tenfold pirouette of a lovely girl, which presented to the public eye the whole of her form and figure; … to praise the dexterity and ease with which the unfortunate and degraded creature had performed the ungraceful evolution , the only merit of which, is the gross exposition of person, at which modesty shudders […]
- "Look now, that pirouette -- my stars! how Beauchamp would stare to see his darling perform such an evolution !"
- By this operation each foot will describe an arc or segment of a circle. … This evolution is performed sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other …