different between investiture vs installation

English

Etymology

From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin invest?t?ra, from invest?re (“to clothe”).

Noun

investiture (plural investitures)

1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
2. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

Translations

Further reading

• investiture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• investiture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “investiture”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Investiture in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Etymology

Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin invest?t?ra. Displaced Old French envesture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v?s.ti.ty?/

Noun

investiture f (plural investitures)

1. investiture
2. (politics) inauguration

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

investiture f

1. plural of investitura

Latin

Participle

invest?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of invest?t?rus

English

Etymology

From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installatioMorphologically install +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nst??le???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

1. An act of installing.
2. Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
3. A work of installation art.
4. A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• installation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

installer +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.ta.la.sj??/

Noun

installation f (plural installations)

1. installation

Further reading

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