discover vs invent
Definitions
verb
- make a discovery
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- see for the first time; make a discovery
- find unexpectedly
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
Examples
Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.
Once the thrill of its discovery had passed, Peter got onto the business of exploring the place a little better.
Apparently, the discovery that Landis is 10,000 years old further proves the fact that he is using performance enhancing steroids. creeky belly
Definitions
verb
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- concoct something artificial or untrue
Examples
I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention.
Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, a product in which the explosion-prone nitroglycerin is curbed by being absorbed in kieselguhr, a porous soil rich in shells of diatoms.
