Derive vs. Calculate — What's the Difference?

To obtain or receive from a source

To ascertain by computation; reckon

(Chemistry) To produce or obtain (a compound) from another substance by chemical reaction.

To make an estimate of; evaluate

To trace the origin or development of (a word).

To make for a deliberate purpose; design

To generate (a linguistic structure) from another structure or set of structures.

To suppose

To arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer

To plan, intend, or depend on.

To be derived from a source; originate. ]

To perform a mathematical process; figure

(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

To suppose; guess.

To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

To count, depend, or rely on someone or something

To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.

To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.

(intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

To plan; to expect; to think.

To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; - followed by to, into, on, upon.

To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.

To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; - followed by from.

(chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.

To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.

To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.

To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.

Reason by deduction; establish by deduction

To plan; to expect; to think.

Obtain;

To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

Come from;

Make a mathematical calculation or computation

Develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state

Judge to be probable

Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;

Keep an account of

Predict in advance

Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Have faith or confidence in;