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Evolve vs Morph - What's the difference?

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In biology|lang=en terms the difference between evolve and morph

is that evolve is (biology) of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution while morph is (biology) local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.

As verbs the difference between evolve and morph

is that evolve is to move in regular procession through a system while morph is (colloquial|ambitransitive) to change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.

As a noun morph is

(linguistics) a physical form representing some morpheme in language it is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.

evolve

English

Verb

  • To move in regular procession through a system.
  • * Sir M. Hale
  • The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul.
  • * (William Whewell) (1794-1866)
  • The principles which art involves, science alone evolves .
  • * (w) (1819-1885)
  • Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
  • To change, transform, develop.
  • * 1939 , , Uncle Fred in the Springtime
  • 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.
  • (biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}
  • (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
  • morph

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
  • (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
  • (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
  • A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
  • To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  • By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”