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Formulate vs Elaborate - What's the difference?

formulate | elaborate |

As verbs the difference between formulate and elaborate

is that formulate is to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression while elaborate is (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

As an adjective elaborate is

highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

formulate

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

  • To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
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    • 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. [...]

    Related terms

    * formula * formulation * formulable * reformulate

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    elaborate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
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  • Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
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  • *:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

    • Verb

    (elaborat)
  • (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) To give further detail or explanation (about).
    • What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate ?
    Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?