Development
Development noun - The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.
Usage example: the development of Alaskan resources
Use and development are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a noun "Development".
Use
Use noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
Development and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Development" instead a noun "Use".
How words are described
| human | human development | human use |
| good | good development | good use |
| best | best development | best use |
| normal | normal development | normal use |
| Other adjectives: future, proper, single, heavy, actual, real, constant, extensive, great, little, excellent, main, interesting, personal, new, early, limited, military, later, further, modern. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Montages: Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein was a pioneer of the development and use of the montage editing and montage was used prominently in some Soviet films of the 1920s.
Source: Useful Notes / Red October - Their future development and use is, however, restricted by fiat to A4 members, although India maintains her own stockpile as a deterrent.
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This incident prompted the Citadel Council to outlaw the development and use of artificial intelligence.
Source: Scale of Scientific Sins
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