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Inert vs Invert - What's the difference?

inert | invert |

In chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between inert and invert

is that inert is (chemistry) a substance that does not react chemically while invert is (chemistry) subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

As adjectives the difference between inert and invert

is that inert is unable to move or act; inanimate while invert is (chemistry) subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

As nouns the difference between inert and invert

is that inert is (chemistry) a substance that does not react chemically while invert is (archaic) a homosexual man.

As a verb invert is

to turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

inert

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unable to move or act; inanimate.
  • Sluggish or lethargic.
  • In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
  • Having no therapeutic action.

    • Derived terms

    * inert gas * inertly

    See also

    * inertia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * ----

    invert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
    • to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, / As if these organs had deceptious functions.
  • * Cowper
    • Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, / Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
  • (music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
  • (chemistry) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
  • To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
    • (Knolles)

    Derived terms

    * invert sugar * inverted * invertible

    Related terms

    * inversion

    See also

    * convert

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A homosexual man.
  • (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
  • The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch. invert (in'?vert) The floor or bottom of the internal cross section of a closed conduit, such as an aqueduct, tunnel, or drain - The term originally referred to the inverted arch used to form the bottom of a masonry?lined sewer or tunnel (Jackson, 1997) Wilson, W.E., Moore, J.E., (2003) Glossary of Hydrology, Berlin: Springer
  • (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
  • (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
    • invert sugar

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