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Testing vs Develop - What's the difference?

testing | develop |

As verbs the difference between testing and develop

is that testing is while develop is to change with a specific direction, progress.

As an adjective testing

is difficult, tough.

As a noun testing

is the act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

testing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • difficult, tough
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
  • * 2011 , Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
    • The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

    Anagrams

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    develop

    English

    (Development)

    Alternative forms

    * develope (obsolete)

    Verb

  • To change with a specific direction, progress.
  • (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
  • * Owen
    • All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
  • To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
  • * Jowett (Thucyd)
    • We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
  • To create.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
  • To bring out images latent in photographic film.
  • To acquire something usually over a period of time.
  • (chess) To place one's pieces actively.
  • (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
  • (math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

    • Usage notes

    * Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.

    Related terms

    * developing * development