different between innovate vs reinvent

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin innovare (“renew”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n?ve?t/

Verb

innovate (third-person singular simple present innovates, present participle innovating, simple past and past participle innovated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
   • , New York 2001, p.80:

     But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […].

   • From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.

2. (intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
3. (transitive) To introduce (something) as new.

   to innovate a word or an act

Related terms

• innovative
• innovation
• innovator
• innovatory

Synonyms

• invent

Translations

Anagrams

• venation

Italian

Verb

innovate

1. second-person plural present indicative of innovare
2. second-person plural imperative of innovare
3. feminine plural of innovato

Anagrams

• innevato

Latin

Verb

innov?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of innov?

English

Etymology

re- +? invent

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

reinvent (third-person singular simple present reinvents, present participle reinventing, simple past and past participle reinvented)

1. To invent again something that has already been invented.
2. To adapt into a different form; to give a new style or image to.

   He had the ability to reinvent himself as needed.

Derived terms

• reinvent the wheel

Translations

Anagrams

• inventer