improvement vs development

improvement and development both are nouns.

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

As nouns, development is a hyponym of improvement; that is, development is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than improvement:

improvement: the act of improving something
development: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

Other hyponyms of improvement include tenderisation, tenderization, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, correction, rectification, optimisation, optimization, perfection, reform, amelioration, betterment, melioration, self-improvement, self-reformation, clarification, clearing, enrichment, humanisation, humanization, modernisation, modernization, overhaul, redevelopment, renovation, enhancement, sweetening, upturn, airing, ventilation, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation, stabilisation, stabilization, upgrade, turd polishing, business process reengineering.

As nouns, development is a hyponym of improvement; that is, development is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than improvement:

improvement: a condition superior to an earlier condition
development: a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

Other hyponyms of improvement include betterment, reformation, refurbishment, renovation, restoration.

improvement (noun)	development (noun)
the act of improving something	act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
a change for the better; progress in development	the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
a condition superior to an earlier condition	(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
	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)

improvement vs development

improvement and development both are nouns.

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