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Devolve vs. Evolve — What's the Difference?

Devolve vs. Evolve — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Devolve and Evolve

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Devolve

To pass on or delegate to another
The senator devolved the duties of office upon a group of aides.

Evolve

To develop or achieve gradually
Evolve a style of one's own.

Devolve

(Archaic) To cause to roll onward or downward.

Evolve

To work (something) out; devise
"the schemes he evolved to line his purse" (S.J. Perelman).

Devolve

To be passed on or transferred to another
The burden of proof devolved upon the defendant. The estate devolved to an unlikely heir.
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Evolve

(Biology) To develop (a characteristic) by evolutionary processes.

Devolve

To degenerate or deteriorate gradually
After several hours the discussion had devolved into a shouting match.

Evolve

To give off; emit.

Devolve

(Archaic) To roll onward or downward.

Evolve

To undergo gradual change; develop
An amateur acting group that evolved into a theatrical company.

Devolve

To roll (something) down; to unroll.

Evolve

(Biology) To arise or transform through evolutionary processes.

Devolve

(intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.

Evolve

To move in regular procession through a system.

Devolve

(transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.

Evolve

(intransitive) To change; transform.
What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.

Devolve

(intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.

Evolve

To come into being; develop.

Devolve

(intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.
A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.

Evolve

(biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognisable to their ancestors?

Devolve

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
Every headlong streamDevolves its winding waters to the main.
Devolved his rounded periods.

Evolve

(intransitive) Of a trait, to develop within a population via biological evolution.
How long ago did beaks evolve?

Devolve

To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; - generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
They devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite.
They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.

Evolve

(transitive) Of a population, to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
How long ago did birds evolve beaks?

Devolve

To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; - generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.
His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville.

Evolve

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

Devolve

Pass on or delegate to another;
The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital

Evolve

(transitive) To cause something to change or transform.

Devolve

Be inherited by;
The estate fell to my sister
The land returned to the family
The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead

Evolve

To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul.
The principles which art involves, science alone evolves.
Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.

Devolve

Grow worse;
Her condition deteriorated
Conditions in the slums degenerated
The discussion devolved into a shouting match

Evolve

To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

Evolve

To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.

Evolve

Work out;
We have developed a new theory of evolution

Evolve

Undergo development or evolution;
Modern man evolved a long time ago

Evolve

Gain through experience;
I acquired a strong aversion to television
Children must develop a sense of right and wrong
Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position
Develop a passion for painting

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