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Morph vs Develop - What's the difference?

morph | develop |

As verbs the difference between morph and develop

is that morph is to change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation while develop is to change with a specific direction, progress.

As a noun morph

is a physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.

morph

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
  • (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
  • (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
  • A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
  • To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  • By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”

    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.