foliate vs develop

foliate is an adjective but develop is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foliate	No	Yes	Yes	No
develop	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, develop is a hypernym of foliate; that is, develop is a word with a broader meaning than foliate:

foliate: grow leaves
develop: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

Other hypernyms of foliate include make grow.

foliate (adjective)	develop (adjective)
ornamented with foliage or foils
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

foliate (verb)	develop (verb)
grow leaves	come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
number the pages of a book or manuscript	grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
coat or back with metal foil	cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
hammer into thin flat foils	happen
decorate with leaves	change the use of and make available or usable
	be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
	gain through experience
	become technologically advanced
	grow emotionally or mature
	expand in the form of a series
	elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
	create by training and teaching
	elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
	move into a strategically more advantageous position
	move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
	superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
	work out
	make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
	generate gradually
	make visible by means of chemical solutions
	come into existence; take on form or shape