Progression vs. Development — What's the Difference?

Movement or change from one member of a continuous series to the next

The process of developing or being developed

A continuous series; a sequence

An event constituting a new stage in a changing situation

(Mathematics) A series of numbers or quantities in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it.

The process of converting land to a new purpose by constructing buildings or making use of its resources

A succession of tones or chords.

The process of starting to be affected by an ailment or feeling

A series of repetitions of a phrase, each in a new position on the scale.

The process of treating photographic film with chemicals to make a visible image

The act of moving from one thing to another.

The process of bringing one's pieces into play in the opening phase of a game

The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.

The application of techniques or technology to the production of new goods or services.

(mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.

The business of constructing buildings or otherwise altering land for new uses.

Development, increase, evolution.

A significant event, occurrence, or change

(music) chord progression

A group of dwellings built by the same contractor

(exercise) The making an exercise more exerting by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

The organized activity of soliciting donations or grants; fundraising.

The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

Elaboration of a theme with rhythmic and harmonic variations.

Course; passage; lapse or process of time.

The central section of a movement in sonata form, in which the theme is elaborated and explored.

Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.

(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.

A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.

The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

A series with a definite pattern of advance

(countable) Something which has developed.

A movement forward;

A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.

The act of moving forward toward a goal

The building of such a project.

(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.

(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.

(math) The expression of a function in the form of a series.

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.

The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.

The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.

The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed; - especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer{4} for sale to individuals.

Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining;

A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage);

A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation;

The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful;

A district that has been developed to serve some purpose;

A state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess);

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible;