evolve and evoluate

**Will17** · 15-Apr-2011, 15:05

Hello!

What's the difference between "evolve" and "evoluate", please?

Thank you
Will

**sunsunmoon** · 15-Apr-2011, 16:02

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

There is no such word as "evoluate."

**Rover_KE** · 15-Apr-2011, 16:55

Originally Posted by sunsunmoon

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

There is no such word as "evoluate."

That's right.

Will, what made you think this word existed? Did you try to look it up before you posted?

Rover

**5jj** · 15-Apr-2011, 17:03

I found 'evolate (fly forth or away) and 'evolute' (develop by evolution) in the OED, but no 'evoluate'.

**konungursvia** · 16-Apr-2011, 02:11

Perhaps he has heard the word "evaluate" and assumed that was related to evolution.

**sunsunmoon** · 16-Apr-2011, 08:51

**Will17** · 18-Apr-2011, 11:37

Originally Posted by Rover_KE

That's right.

Will, what made you think this word existed? Did you try to look it up before you posted?

Rover

Yes I did and actually that's why I got confused because Google shows some people use it. (sigh)

Thank you everyone

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