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Formulate vs Expound - What's the difference?

formulate | expound |

As verbs the difference between formulate and expound

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 expound is to lay open; to expose to view; to examine or exposit.

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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    expound

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay open; to expose to view; to examine or exposit.
  • To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.
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