Invent vs Inaugurate - What's the difference?
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To design a new process or mechanism.
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
(obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.vi:
To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
* 2008 , The Economist,
Invested with office; inaugurated.
Invent is a related term of inaugurate.
As verbs the difference between invent and inaugurate
is that invent is to design a new process or mechanism while inaugurate is to induct into office with a formal ceremony.As an adjective inaugurate is
invested with office; inaugurated.invent
English
Verb
(en verb)- After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
- 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.
- Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].
Synonyms
* fangle * discoverExternal links
* * 1000 English basic wordsinaugurate
English
Verb
(inaugurat)Solar energy: the power of concentration
- Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas.
Derived terms
* inaugural * inauguration * inaugurator * inauguratoryAdjective
(-)- (Drayton)