Implement vs Formulate - What's the difference?
implement | formulate |
A tool or instrument for working with.
* 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
to bring about; to put into practice
to carry out; to do
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 verbs the difference between implement and formulate
is that implement is to bring about; to put into practice while formulate is to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.As a noun implement
is a tool or instrument for working with.implement
English
(wikipedia implement)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
- A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
From Scottish English or (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement .
Usage notes
* Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.Derived terms
* implementable * implementation * implementerExternal links
* * English heteronymsformulate
English
(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. [...]