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Devising vs Create - What's the difference?

devising | create |

As verbs the difference between devising and create

is that devising is while create is (lb).

As a noun devising

is the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will.

devising

English

Noun

  • the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
  • *
    • I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things.

    Synonyms

    * fashioning, making

    Verb

    (head)

    • create

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (creat)
  • To put into existence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author= , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",
  • To be creative, imaginative.
  • To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
  • To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
  • To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).

    • Related terms

    (terms related to create) * creable * creatable * creatability * creation * creational * creationary * creationally * creationarily * creationism * creationist * creationistic * creationistically * creative * creatively * creativeness * creativity * creator * creatorship * creatress * creatrix * creatural * creature * creaturely * creatureliness * recreate * re-create * recreation

    Synonyms

    * (to put into existence) generate * invent

    Antonyms

    * (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hearts create of duty and zeal.

    External links

    * * * (wikipedia "create")

    Anagrams

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