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Invented vs Written - What's the difference?

invented | written |

As adjectives the difference between invented and written

is that invented is fictional, made up, imaginary while written is of, relating or characteristic of writing (ie, of that which has been written).

As verbs the difference between invented and written

is that invented is (invent) while written is .

invented

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • fictional, made up, imaginary.
  • The invented alibi didn't stand up long.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (invent)
  • written

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
  • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.
  • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

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    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,