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Answer» The term “change” and “evolution”, though interrelated are not one and the same. Main differences between them are mentioned below: | Change | Evolution | | 1. The term “change” is a general term. It denotes all types of changes | 1. The term “evolution” is a specific term. It implies only one form of change. | | 2. Change could be slow or fast. Evolutionary or revolutionary. | 2. Evolution implies a slow and a gradual transformation. | | 3. Change could take place in any direction. It could be matrilineal, progressive or regressive, short-run or long-run and so on. | 3. Evolution takes place in only one direction. It is unidirectional. It proceeds from simplicity to complexity. | | 4. Change is a continuous process but it need not necessarily take place in the structure alone. | 4. Though evolution implies “continuous” change it always takes place from “within” that is in the structure. |
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