Produce vs. Develop — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Produce and Develop
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Produce
Produce is a generalized term for many farm-produced crops, including fruits and vegetables (grains, oats, etc. are also sometimes considered produce).
Develop
Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate
Enabling individuals to develop their personal skills
Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment
Produce
Make or manufacture from components or raw materials
The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft
Develop
Start to exist, experience, or possess
A strange closeness developed
Call the doctor if your child develops a rash
I developed an interest in law
Produce
Cause (a particular result or situation) to happen or exist
No conventional drugs had produced any significant change
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Develop
Treat (a photographic film) with chemicals to make a visible image
She came to get the film developed
Produce
Show or provide (something) for consideration, inspection, or use
He produced a sheet of paper from his pocket
Develop
Bring (a piece) into play from its initial position on a player's back rank
He preferred to develop his bishop on e7
Produce
Administer the financial and managerial aspects of (a film or broadcast) or the staging of (a play, opera, etc.)
The video was produced and directed by film-maker Neil Campbell
Develop
To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment
An instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
Produce
Extend or continue (a line)
One side of the triangle was produced
Develop
To expand or enlarge
Developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
Produce
Agricultural and other natural products collectively
Dairy produce
Develop
To aid in the growth of; strengthen
Exercises that develop muscles.
Produce
To bring forth; yield
A plant that produces pink flowers.
Develop
To improve the quality of; refine
Develops his recipes to perfection.
An extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
Produce
To create by physical or mental effort
Produce a tapestry.
Produce a poem.
Develop
To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate
Began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
Produce
To manufacture
Factories that produce cars and trucks.
Develop
(Music) To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
Produce
To cause to occur or exist; give rise to
Chemicals that produce a noxious vapor when mixed.
Develop
To bring into being gradually
Develop a new cottage industry.
Produce
To bring forth; exhibit
Reached into a pocket and produced a pack of matches.
Failed to produce an eyewitness to the crime.
Develop
To set forth or clarify by degrees
Developed her thesis in a series of articles.
Produce
To act or operate as producer for
Produce a stage play.
Produce a video.
Develop
To come to have gradually; acquire
Develop a taste for opera.
Develop a friendship.
Produce
(Mathematics) To extend (an area or volume) or lengthen (a line).
Develop
To become affected with; contract
Developed a rash.
Developed agoraphobia.
Produce
To make or yield products or a product
An apple tree that produces well.
Develop
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end
An investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
Produce
To manufacture or create economic goods and services.
Develop
To cause (a tract of land or a building) to serve a particular purpose
Developed the site as a community of condominiums.
Produce
Farm products, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, considered as a group.
Develop
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need
Develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
Produce
(transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
Develop
To convert or transform
Developed the play into a movie.
Produce
(transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
Develop
(Games) To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
Produce
To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
Develop
To process (a photosensitive medium such as exposed film) in order to produce a photographic image.
Produce
(mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
To produce a side of a triangle
Develop
To produce (a photographic image) by use of a photosensitive medium or by printing from a digital file.
Produce
(obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
Develop
To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state
With hard work, she developed into a great writer.
Produce
(music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
Highly produced sound
Develop
To increase or expand
Sales developed until we needed a bigger warehouse.
Produce
That which is produced.
Develop
To improve; advance
Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.
Produce
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
Develop
To come gradually into existence or activity
Tension developed between students and faculty.
Produce
Offspring.
Develop
To come gradually to light; be disclosed
Reports the news as it develops.
Produce
(Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
Develop
To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle
Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
Produce
To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
Produce your cause, saith the Lord.
Your parents did not produce you much into the world.
Develop
To progress from earlier to later stages of evolution
Mammals developed during the Mesozoic Era.
Produce
To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
[They] produce prodigious births of body or mind.
The greatest jurist his country had produced.
Develop
To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.
Produce
To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.
Develop
To discover, find out; to uncover.
Produce
To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.
Develop
(intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.
Produce
To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.
Develop
(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane.
An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.
Produce
To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore.
Develop
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
Produce
To extend; - applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
Develop
(transitive) To create.
I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.
Produce
To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.
Develop
(transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
Please develop this roll of film.
Produce
That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors
Develop
(transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
I have been in England enough to develop a British accent.
You will develop calluses if you play the cello.
She developed bad eating habits.
Produce
Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
Develop
To place one's pieces actively.
I need to develop my white-square bishop.
Produce
Bring forth or yield;
The tree would not produce fruit
Develop
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.
Produce
Create or manufacture a man-made product;
We produce more cars than we can sell
The company has been making toys for two centuries
Develop
(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
Produce
Cause to occur or exist;
This procedure produces a curious effect
The new law gave rise to many complaints
These chemicals produce a noxious vapor
Develop
To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
These serve to develop its tenets.
The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy.
Produce
Bring out for display;
The proud father produced many pictures of his baby
The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him
Develop
To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.
The sound developed itself into a real compound.
All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed.
Produce
Bring onto the market or release;
Produce a movie
Bring out a book
Produce a new play
Develop
To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
Produce
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;
The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
They produce good ham in Parma
We grow wheat here
We raise hogs here
Develop
To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
Produce
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
He grew a beard
The patient developed abdominal pains
I got funny spots all over my body
Well-developed breasts
Develop
To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
Develop
To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
Nor poets enough to understandThat life develops from within.
Develop
To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
Develop
Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation;
Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather
They developed a new technique
Develop
Work out;
We have developed a new theory of evolution
Develop
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
Develop
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
He grew a beard
The patient developed abdominal pains
I got funny spots all over my body
Well-developed breasts
Develop
Come into existence; take on form or shape;
A new religious movement originated in that country
A love that sprang up from friendship
The idea for the book grew out of a short story
An interesting phenomenon uprose
Develop
Change the use of and make available or usable;
Develop land
The country developed its natural resources
The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
Develop
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;
Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
Develop
Create by training and teaching;
The old master is training world-class violinists
We develop the leaders for the future
Develop
Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest;
The plot developed slowly
Develop
Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment;
A flower developed on the branch
The country developed into a mighty superpower
The embryo develops into a fetus
This situation has developed over a long time
Develop
Become technologically advanced;
Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace
Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly
Develop
Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development;
The perfect climate here develops the grain
He developed a new kind of apple
Develop
Generate gradually;
We must develop more potential customers
Develop a market for the new mobile phone
Develop
Grow emotionally or mature;
The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten
When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior
Develop
Make visible by means of chemical solutions;
Please develop this roll of film for me
Develop
Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
Develop
Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions;
Spassky developed quickly
Develop
Move into a strategically more advantageous position;
Develop the rook
Develop
Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme;
Develop the melody and change the key
Develop
Happen;
Report the news as it develops
These political movements recrudesce from time to time
Develop
Expand in the form of a series;
Develop the function in the following form
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