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Gave vs Formulate - What's the difference?

gave | formulate |

As a noun gave

is a (something given to someone, eg for christmas or a birthday ).

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.

gave

English

Verb

(head)
  • (give)
  • * c. 1471 , An English Chronicle, 1377-1461 :
  • there the erl of Dunbar becam his manne, and the kyng yaf him the Counte of Richemunde.
  • * 1591 , (William Shakespeare), King Henry VI, part 1 :
  • I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.
  • * 1815 , (Jane Austen), Emma :
  • The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.
  • * 2011 , Bob Woffinden, (The Guardian) , 31 Jul 2011:
  • With the Oxford canal at the bottom of his garden, regular canoeing excursions gave him enormous pleasure.

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    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. [...]