development vs usage

usage vs development

development and usage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
development	Yes	No	No	No
usage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, usage is a hypernym of development; that is, usage is a word with a broader meaning than development:

development: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
usage: the act of using

Other hypernyms of development include employment, exercise, use, utilisation, utilization.

development (noun)	usage (noun)
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining	the act of using
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	accepted or habitual practice
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated	the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

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