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Selected vs Invited - What's the difference?

selected | invited |

As verbs the difference between selected and invited

is that selected is (select) while invited is (invite).

As an adjective selected

is that have been selected or chosen.

selected

English

Adjective

(head)
  • That have been selected or chosen.
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    Verb

    (head)
  • (select)

    • Anagrams

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    invited

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (invite)

    • invite

    English

    Verb

  • To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
    • We invited our friends round for dinner.
  • To request formally.
    • I invite you all to be seated.
  • To encourage.
    • I always invite criticism of my definitions.
    Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
  • * 1902 , Roosevelt,
    • The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
  • To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
  • * Milton
    • to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
  • * Dryden
    • shady groves, that easy sleep invite
  • * Cowper
    • There no delusive hope invites despair.

    Synonyms

    * (ask for the presence or participation of) ask out * (request formally) ask, beseech, entreat, request * (encourage) ask for, encourage, provoke

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An invitation.