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What is the difference between Discovery and Invention?
The difference between Discovery and Invention are as follow:
| Discovery | Invention |
| 1. The term discovery denotes the act of exploring or finding something new for the very first time, which is already existed in the world, but was not found before. | 1. The term invention denotes the act of creating or designing something new or advanced which has never been existed before, through different methods, devices, processes, improvement or technique, so as to make the work of people easier and faster. |
| 2. It involves exploration. | 2. It involves experimentation. |
| 3. It represents natural occurrence. | 3. It represents Scientific or human-made artefacts, devices or instruments. |
| 4. It usually occurs purposely or accidentally. | 4. It usually occurs purposely. |
| 5. It is pre-existent. | 5. It is non-existent. |
| 6. It can't be patented. | 6. It can be patented. |
| 7. Example- Discovery of plant cell by Robert Hooke, Discovery of gravity by Isaac Newton. | 7. Example- Invention of the telephone by Graham Bell, light-bulb by Thomas Alva Edison |
Updated on: 10-Oct-2022
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