Invention vs. Discovery

Inventionnoun

Something invented.

Inventionnoun

The act of inventing.

Inventionnoun

The capacity to invent.

Inventionnoun

(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

Inventionnoun

(archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

Inventionnoun

The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.

Inventionnoun

That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention; she patented five inventions.

Inventionnoun

Thought; idea.

Inventionnoun

A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.

Inventionnoun

The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.

Inventionnoun

The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.

Inventionnoun

the creation of something in the mind

Inventionnoun

a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

Inventionnoun

the act of inventing

Inventionnoun

the action of inventing something, typically a process or device

Inventionnoun

something, typically a process or device, that has been invented

Inventionnoun

creative ability

Inventionnoun

something fabricated or made up

Inventionnoun

used as a title for a short piece of music

Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process. The invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process.

Discoverynoun

Something discovered.

Discoverynoun

(uncountable) The discovering of new things.

Discoverynoun

An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.

Discoverynoun

A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

Discoverynoun

Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

Discoverynoun

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

Discoverynoun

A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.

Discoverynoun

Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.

Discoverynoun

That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.

Discoverynoun

Exploration; examination.

Discoverynoun

the act of discovering something

Discoverynoun

something that is discovered

Discoverynoun

a productive insight

Discoverynoun

(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case