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What's the difference among devise, design and conceive?
What's the difference among devise, design and conceive?
12 февр. 2016 г., 17:32
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There is overlap. There are no clear boundaries.
"Devise" suggests logical thinking; to devise a machine, to devise a plan, to devise a clever new way to organize all the tools in your basement.
"Design" suggests appearance, and making a drawing. He is a fashion designer. She designs websites. He drew up a design for a new airplane.
"Conceive" suggests an idea, and the moment that it pops into your head. The Wright Brothers conceived of the idea of wing warping. It was just a conception, until they went on and designed the struts and cables. Beethoven had the concept of including a chorus of singers in a symphony, and then carried it out when he composed his Ninth Symphony. I simply can't conceive of what it means for a central bank can lower an interest rate below zero.
12 февраля 2016 г.
Devise is usually used if you invent or plan something.
Design again can be used in this. But is used my for artistic descriptions
Concieve is used to describe and Idea that has taken form. A child is concieved (made)
12 февраля 2016 г.
You DEVISE a broad method, a strategy, a concept, a mechanism to meet a requirement
You then DESIGN the (devised) broad approach to make it detailed, make it work, practically implement, etc.
and finally You CONCEIVE the detailed design by materialising it, constructing it, manifesting it, etc.
20 мая 2025 г., 9:21
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