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Solve vs Develop - What's the difference?

solve | develop |

As verbs the difference between solve and develop

is that solve is to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out while develop is to change with a specific direction, progress.

As a noun solve

is (obsolete) a solution; an explanation.

solve

English

Verb

(solv)
  • To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  • * South
    • True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
  • * Tickell
    • God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
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  • (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
  • (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.

    • Derived terms

    * resolve * solution

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.
    • (Shakespeare)

    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