different between drafting vs formulate

English

Verb

drafting

1. present participle of draft

Noun

drafting (countable and uncountable, plural draftings)

1. The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
2. A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.
3. The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.
4. A method of preparing fibers for weaving.

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English

Etymology

From formula +? -ate

Verb

formulate (third-person singular simple present formulates, present participle formulating, simple past and past participle formulated)

1. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

   • Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children. [...]

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Further reading

• formulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• formulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

formulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formuli

Italian

Verb

formulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of formulare
2. second-person plural imperative of formulare
3. feminine plural of formulato