Creation vs. Formation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Creation and Formation
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Creation
The action or process of bringing something into existence
Creation of a coalition government
Job creation
Formation
The act or process of forming something or of taking form.
Creation
The creating of the universe, especially when regarded as an act of God
The big bang was the moment of the Creation, and therefore the work of God
Formation
Something formed
Beautiful cloud formations.
Creation
The action of investing someone with a title of nobility
Edward's generosity extended beyond the creation of earls
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Formation
The manner or style in which something is formed; structure
The distinctive formation of the human eye.
Creation
The act of creating.
Formation
A specified arrangement or deployment, as of aircraft, troops, or players on a sports team.
Creation
The fact or state of having been created.
Formation
(Geology) A primary unit in the mapping of rock strata, consisting of a set of contemporaneous rocks having the same characteristics and origin.
Creation
The act of investing with a new office or title.
Formation
The act of assembling a group or structure. 14
Creation
The world and all things in it.
Formation
Something possessing structure or form. 17
Creation
All creatures or a class of creatures.
Formation
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. 18
Creation
Creation The divine act by which, according to various religious and philosophical traditions, the world was brought into existence.
Formation
(military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. 18
Creation
An original product of human invention or artistic imagination
The latest creation in the field of computer design.
Formation
(geology) A layer of rock of common origin. 19
Creation
(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!
Formation
(military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
Creation
(uncountable) The act of creating something.
The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
The creation of passwords is done by a computer.
Formation
(sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
Creation
(uncountable) All which exists.
Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.
Formation
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
Creation
The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.
From the creation to the general doom.
As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation.
Formation
(category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
Creation
That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.
We know that the whole creation groaneth.
A dagger of the mind, a false creation.
Choice pictures and creations of curious art.
Formation
The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
Creation
The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.
An Irish peer of recent creation.
Formation
The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
Creation
The human act of creating
Formation
A substance formed or deposited.
Creation
An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
Formation
Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
Creation
The event that occurred at the beginning of something;
From its creation the plan was doomed to failure
Formation
The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
Creation
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
She looked forward to her initiation as an adult
The foundation of a new scientific society
He regards the fork as a modern introduction
Formation
An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit;
A defensive formation
A formation of planes
Creation
(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence
Formation
A particular spatial arrangement
Creation
Everything that exists anywhere;
They study the evolution of the universe
The biggest tree in existence
Formation
The fabrication of something in a particular shape
Formation
The act of forming something;
The constitution of a PTA group last year
It was the establishment of his reputation
He still remembers the organization of the club
Formation
(geology) the geological features of the earth
Formation
Natural process that causes something to form;
The formation of gas in the intestine
The formation of crystals
The formation of pseudopods
Formation
Creation by mental activity;
The formation of sentences
The formation of memories
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