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Invect vs Invent - What's the difference?

invect | invent |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between invect and invent

is that invect is (obsolete) to inveigh while invent is (obsolete) to come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

As verbs the difference between invect and invent

is that invect is (obsolete) to inveigh while invent is to design a new process or mechanism.

invect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To inveigh.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
    (Webster 1913)

    invent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To design a new process or mechanism.
  • After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
  • To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
  • I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
    We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
  • (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.vi:
  • Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].

    Synonyms

    * fangle * discover