Build vs Originate - What's the difference?
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(lb) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
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, title= To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= (lb) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
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, title= (lb) To establish a basis for (something).
(lb) To form by combining materials or parts.
(lb) To develop in magnitude or extent.
(senseid) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
(computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users
(Internet slang) a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).
To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
*1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:
*:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:
*:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
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To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).
In lang=en terms the difference between build and originate
is that build is to develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process while originate is to come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).As verbs the difference between build and originate
is that build is (lb) to form (something) by combining materials or parts while originate is to cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.As a noun build
is (senseid) the physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.build
English
Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
Usage notes
* The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form .Synonyms
* (to form by combining materials or parts) construct, erect * (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) create * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen * (to establish a basis for) base, found, groundAntonyms
* (to form by combining materials or parts) demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) decrease, dissipate, weakenDerived terms
* build a fire under * build castles in the air * build in * build into * build on * build on sand * build-to * build up * build upon * prebuildNoun
(en noun)- Rugby players are of sturdy build .
- The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
- I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
Usage notes
* As internet slang, although the word is nominally an abbreviation of "building", the slang term can refer to any structure or formation created by the player e.g. a statue, a pool, or even a forest.originate
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Verb
(originat)citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
- The scheme originated with the governor and council.