Develop vs Effect - 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.
The result or outcome of a cause. See below.
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, title= Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
* J. C. Shairp
* Washington Irving
(filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
(sound engineering) An alteration in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
(sound engineering) A device for producing an alteration in sound produced by an instrument.
Execution; performance; realization; operation.
* Shakespeare
# (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
(usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to .
* Bible, Chron. xxxiv. 22
(obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
* Denham
(obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
* Shakespeare
To make or bring about; to implement.
Develop is a related term of effect.
As verbs the difference between develop and effect
is that develop is to change with a specific direction, progress while effect is to make or bring about; to implement.As a noun effect is
the result or outcome of a cause see below .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.
Catherine Clabby
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.effect
English
(wikipedia effect)Noun
citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- patchwork introduced for oratorical effect
- The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
- That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.
- They spake to her to that effect .
- no other in effect than what it seems
- All the large effects / That troop with majesty.
Usage notes
The words “affect” and “effect'” can both be used as nouns or verbs, but when used as a noun the word affect is limited to uses in the psychology field, and the above definitions for ' effect are much more common. See also the usage notes as a verb below. Adjectives often applied to "effect": * biological, chemical, cultural, economic, legal, mental, moral, nutritional, personal, physical, physiological, political and social * actual, bad, beneficial, catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, devastating, fatal, good, harmful, important, intended, likely, natural, negative, positive, potential, primary, real, secondary, significant, special, strong, undesirable and weakDerived terms
(noun phrases using effect) * after-effect, aftereffect * butterfly effect * domino effect * Doppler effect * greenhouse effect * in effect * knock-on effect * Nader effect * personal effects * ripple effect * side effect * snowball effect * special effect * sound effect * spoiler effectVerb
(en verb)- The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.