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Invent vs Bequeath - What's the difference?

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Invent is a related term of bequeath.


As verbs the difference between invent and bequeath

is that invent is to design a new process or mechanism while bequeath is (legal) to give or leave by will; to give by testament.

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

    bequeath

    English

    Verb

  • (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • To hand down; to transmit.
  • To give; to offer; to commit.
  • Usage notes

    * (give or leave by will) The verb is usually used of personal property; for real property, the term devise is preferred.