Formation vs Formulate - What's the difference?
formation | formulate |
Something possessing structure or form.
The act of assembling a group or structure.
(geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
(military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
(military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
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As a noun formation
is formation.As a verb formulate is
to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.formation
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (military grouping of units) battle group, brigade group, task force, combat team * (military arrangement of forces) tactical formation, battle formationExternal links
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(Webster 1913)Verb
- Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors'' that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like ''comed'', ''goed'', ''seed'', ''buyed'', ''bringed , etc. frequently used by young children. [...]