different between invent vs forged

English

Etymology

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveni? (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veni? (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)

1. To design a new process or mechanism.

2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

   Synonym: make up

3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.

Synonyms

• fangle

See also

• discover

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• invent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• invent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im?vent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im?ben/

Noun

invent m (plural invents)

1. invention

   Synonym: invenció

Related terms

• inventar

Further reading

• “invent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “invent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “invent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “invent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??d?d/

Adjective

forged (not comparable)

1. Fake (as documents); falsified.

   Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.

2. Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal

   The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fake

Translations

Verb

forged

1. past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.

   He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.

Anagrams

• defrog