Invest vs Buy - What's the difference?
invest | buy |
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
In lang=en terms the difference between invest and buy
is that invest is to make investments while buy is to make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal).As verbs the difference between invest and buy
is that invest is (dated) to clothe or wrap (with garments) while buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.As nouns the difference between invest and buy
is that invest is (meteorology) an unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) systemAnagrams
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English
Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
