different between formation vs invention

English

Etymology

From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin f?rm?ti?, from f?rm? (“form”, verb); see form as verb.Morphologically form +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??.?me?.??n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /f?(?).?me?.??n/
• Hyphenation: for?ma?tion

Noun

formation (countable and uncountable, plural formations)

1. The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.

2. Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
3. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
4. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
5. (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
6. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
7. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
8. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
9. (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.

Related terms

• form

Translations

Further reading

• “form?ci?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Formation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 464, column 1.
• formation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• formation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Old French formacion, borrowed from Latin f?rm?ti?, f?rm?ti?nem. Cf. also the archaic formaison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.ma.sj??/

Noun

formation f (plural formations)

1. formation, forming, development
2. education; training

3. (military) formation

Derived terms

• autoformation

Related terms

• forme

Further reading

• “formation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin formatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rma??u?n/

Noun

formation c

1. formation

Declension

References

• formation in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French invencion, envention, from the Latin inventi?, from inveni?. Doublet of inventio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?v?n??n/

Noun

invention (countable and uncountable, plural inventions)

1. Something invented.

   (here signifying a process or mechanism not previously devised)

   (here signifying a fiction created for a particular purpose)

   • 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:

     Warren Sheffield is telephoning Rose long distance at half past six. […] Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.
2. The act of inventing.
3. The capacity to invent.

4. (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
   • 1880, George Grove (editor and entry author), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians II, London: Macmillan & Co., page 15, Invention:

     INVENTION.?A term used by J. S. Bach, and probably by him only, for small pianoforte pieces?—?15 in 2 parts and 15 in 3 parts?—?each developing a single idea, and in some measure answering to the Impromptu of a later day.

5. (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

Synonyms

• discovery

Related terms

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “invention”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventi?, inventi?nem, from invenio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v??.sj??/

Noun

invention f (plural inventions)

1. invention

Derived terms

• la nécessité est la mère de l'invention

Related terms

• inventer
• inventeur

Further reading

• “invention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).