Development
Development noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended
Effect is a synonym for development. In some cases you can use "Effect" instead a noun "Development".
Effect
Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene
Development is a synonym for effect in result topic. Sometimes you can use "Development" instead a noun "Effect".
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How words are described
| good | good development | good effect |
| nice | nice development | nice effect |
| best | best development | best effect |
| similar | similar development | similar effect |
| Other adjectives: normal, positive, single, actual, real, great, little, main, interesting, unique, major, psychological, additional, significant, greater, different, visual, awesome, overall. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Medieval Stasis: Since most worlds are little more than experiments by the functionals, they are artificially stalled at one technological level or another in order to study a specific effect or development.
Source: Literature / Rough Draft - His Nobel Prize was for the photoelectric effect instead (though his explanation was one of the key points leading to the development of quantum mechanics).
Source: Consolation Award - One Ty Girlz exec responded to the accusation of Hope Mongering by saying something to the effect of, "Oh, no, these dolls have been in development since last November." What?
Source: Hope Mongering
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