Develop vs Accumulate - What's the difference?
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To change with a specific direction, progress.
(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
* Owen
To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
* Jowett (Thucyd)
To create.
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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.
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
* Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates , and men decay. -
(poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
In intransitive terms the difference between develop and accumulate
is that develop is to change with a specific direction, progress while accumulate is to grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.In transitive terms the difference between develop and accumulate
is that develop is to acquire something usually over a period of time while accumulate is to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.As an adjective accumulate is
collected; accumulated.develop
English
(Development)Alternative forms
* develope (obsolete)Verb
- All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
- We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
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Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
Usage notes
* Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.accumulate
English
Verb
(accumulat)- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.