Development and Existence

Development

Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.

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Existence and development are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Existence" instead a noun "Development".

Existence noun - The fact of being or of being real.

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Development and existence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Development" instead a noun "Existence".

Nearby Words: exist, existent, existing, existential

human	human development	human existence
physical	physical development	physical existence
long	long development	long existence
normal	normal development	normal existence
Other adjectives: future, actual, entire, real, spiritual, new, unique, continuing, limited, next, previous, sudden.

Mortal Kombat has a few in every game that involves a Konquest mode, and all appearances of characters like Rain who owe their existence to jokes between developers are essentially Development Gags.

Source: Development Gag
The existence of gods has scrambled technological and social development around the world.

Source: Roleplay / Twilit Overture
Throughout the development of Halo: Combat Evolved, the existence of the Flood was kept a secret.

Source: Late Arrival Spoiler / Video Games

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