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Invitation vs Disinvite - What's the difference?

invitation | disinvite |

As a noun invitation

is the act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

As a verb disinvite is

to cancel an invitation to.

invitation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.
  • Allurement; enticement.
  • (lb) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.

    • disinvite

    English

    Verb

    (disinvit)
  • To cancel an invitation to.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=May 6, author=Robert McClory, title=The Divine Right, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Edwina Gately, a lay missionary who works with prostitutes in Chicago, was recently "disinvited " from delivering homilies at two parishes after the pastors received conservative complaints. }}

    Usage notes

    * The prefix (dis-) gives a more negative implication to (disinvite) than the neutral implication (un-) gives to (uninvite). One might "univite" guests because one had more than an anticipated number of acceptances. One might "disinvite" someone for a reason specific to the person.

    Synonyms

    * (to cancel an invitation) uninvite