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DEVISE OR REVISE? WHATS YOUR TAKE

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Devise in literal terms means to invent a plan, system, object, etc using your intelligence or imagination. In simple terms, it would mean to come up with something. On the other hand revise means to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc in order to correct or improve it. So basically making small changes. Having these two rhyming words, we will be exploring the necessity of both when it comes to planning, scheduling, and a few more things.


Devise & Revise are both very essential terms when it comes to planning and scheduling. The purpose of plans is to achieve our goals and tasks. But sometimes it doesn’t work out the way we like it. Even when we set a schedule, sometimes it wouldn’t go the way we would want it to. I’m sure all of us have faced this whether it be students or working adults. Our schedule and plans might not work for various reasons: we might have some other commitments coming in or we might not be following it precisely due to many factors. All these things come in the way when we are working towards our ultimate goal.


Now when these things happen, we either fix it or go for a new one. For example, the plan for today was to study 3 subjects for my upcoming school assessments. I allocated 1hour per subject. But somehow I wasn’t able to follow it and the day went unproductive for me. The next day I would either fix the schedule or come up with a new one. In short terms, this is where Devise & Revise come into play. Devise in this context would mean to scrap out the whole plan and create a new one from the start. Whereas revise would mean making small amendments to the plan. In this case, it is important to know what to do. What do you think?


And just to make Devise & Revise more fascinating, don't you think they can be sometimes used interchangeably? 

When I say revised document or copy, doesn’t it mean altered copy? It’s understood that there have been some corrections made to it. So it is different from the original copy. Well ‘devise’ also means to come up with a new one. A devised copy would also be different from the original. So does that mean these are synonymous terms?


This does sound fascinating when you go deep into it.

Do have a thought about it !


- Salman H  


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  1. Tront.PSeptember 16, 2021 at 11:43 AM

    Good one. Devise and revise are fascinating indeed 😅

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