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What is the difference between hervorrufen and verursachen and erzeugen and erstellen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between hervorrufen and verursachen and erzeugen and erstellen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"hervorrufen" and "verursachen" pretty much both mean that you cause something by doing something else. But I think there are sublte nuances to these words.
I'd use "hervorrufen" for causing something "others have control of" by doing something yourself. Like playing a song that makes someone else smile.:
Das Lied "rief" ein Lächeln auf seinem Gesicht "hervor".
Or causing a famine because you burned down the forest.:
Den Wald niederzubrennen würde Hunger "hervorrufen".
I'd use "verursachen" for causing something directly. Like waves damaging something themselves.:
Die Wellen "verursachen" starke Schäden.
Or causing a messy room.:
Ich verursache die Unaufgeräumtheit des Raums.
For "erzeugen" and "erstellen" I'd say that they mean the same. Use them interchangeably.
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