Stipulate vs Formulate - What's the difference?
stipulate | formulate |
To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
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 stipulate and formulate
is that stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement while formulate is to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.As an adjective stipulate
is having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.stipulate
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(stipulat)Derived terms
* stipulated * stipulation * stipulativeEtymology 2
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* exstipulateformulate
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(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. [...]