develop vs evolve

develop

verb
  • To change with a specific direction, progress. 

  • To progress through a sequence of stages. 

  • To bring out images latent in photographic film. 

  • To advance; to further; to promote the growth of. 

  • To acquire something usually over a period of time. 

  • To place one's pieces actively. 

  • To create. 

  • 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. 

  • To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. 

evolve

verb
  • To change; transform. 

  • Of a population, to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution. 

  • To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction). 

  • To move in regular procession through a system. 

  • To come into being; develop. 

  • Of a trait, to develop within a population via biological evolution. 

  • Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution. 

  • To cause something to change or transform. 

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