Invent vs. Invest

Inventverb

To design a new process or mechanism.

Inventverb

To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

Inventverb

(obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.

Inventverb

To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

Inventverb

To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; - applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.

Inventverb

To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; - in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.

Inventverb

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort;

Inventverb

make up something artificial or untrue

Investverb

To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.

Investverb

To clothe or wrap (with garments).

Investverb

To put on (clothing).

Investverb

To envelop, wrap, cover.

Investverb

To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.

Investverb

To ceremonially install someone in some office.

Investverb

To formally give (someone) some power or authority.

Investverb

To formally give (power or authority).

Investverb

To surround, accompany, or attend.

Investverb

To lay siege to.

Investverb

(intransitive) To make investments.

Investverb

(metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).

Investverb

(intransitive) To be involved in; to form strong attachments to.

Investnoun

(meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.

Investverb

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; - opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

Investverb

To put on.

Investverb

To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate.

Investverb

To surround, accompany, or attend.

Investverb

To confer; to give.

Investverb

To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.

Investverb

To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a lot of time in teaching one's children.

Investverb

To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; - usually followed by in.

Investverb

make an investment;

Investverb

give qualities or abilities to

Investverb

furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

Investverb

provide with power and authority;

Investverb

place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;