Evolve vs Grow - What's the difference?
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To move in regular procession through a system.
* Sir M. Hale
* (William Whewell) (1794-1866)
* (w) (1819-1885)
To change, transform, develop.
* 1939 , , Uncle Fred in the Springtime
(biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
(ergative) To become bigger.
To appear or sprout.
To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
(obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between evolve and grow
is that evolve is to move in regular procession through a system while grow is to become bigger.evolve
English
Verb
- The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul.
- The principles which art involves, science alone evolves .
- Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
- You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.
Katie L. Burke
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grow
English
Verb
- Children grow quickly.
- Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.
- A long tail began to grow from his backside.
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- He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- Have you ever grown your hair before?
- The boy grew wise as he matured.
- The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
- You have grown strong.
- Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow .
