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Sourcing vs Derived - What's the difference?

sourcing | derived |

As verbs the difference between sourcing and derived

is that sourcing is while derived is (derive).

As a noun sourcing

is (chiefly|us) the supply of resources needed by a business process.

As an adjective derived is

(systematics) of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

sourcing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, US) The supply of resources needed by a business process.

    • Derived terms

    * insourcing * outsourcing

    Anagrams

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    derived

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
  • (comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.
  • product of derivation
    • The French language is derived from Latin.

    Usage notes

    Modern systematics proscribes use of derived'' to mean "advanced", preferring to use ''derived to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality.

    See also

    * apomorphy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (derive)