different between development vs developer

English

Alternative forms

• developement (obsolete)

Etymology

First use 1756, analyzable as develop +? -ment, from French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??v?l?pm?nt/

Noun

development (countable and uncountable, plural developments)

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

2. (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

3. (countable) Something which has developed.

4. (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
5. (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
6. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

7. (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

8. (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
10. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
11. (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.

Derived terms

• arrested development
• career development
• community development
• development aid

Translations

Further reading

• "development" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 103.

English

Etymology

develop +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v?l?p?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??v?l?p?/
• Hyphenation: de?vel?op?er

Noun

developer (plural developers)

1. A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
2. A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
3. A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
4. A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
5. (dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
6. (computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

Synonyms

• (person or company who writes computer software): designer, programmer, software engineer

Related terms

• develop
• development
• developmental

Translations

Anagrams

• redevelop

Czech

Noun

developer m

1. developer (real estate developer)

Danish

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

developer c (singular definite developeren, plural indefinite developere)

1. developer

Synonyms

• udvikler

References

• “developer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

developer m, f (plural developers)

1. developer (software programmer)

Synonyms

• desenvolvedor, programador, creador,