2006-08-30 02:51:11 · 36 answers · asked by satya 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
My own view is that discovery is the coming accross things that are already there and an invention is something which has been created by someone or something that utilises a discovery!!!!
Like , the invention of the transistor and the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA
2006-09-06 06:51:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Invention is a new creation and discovery is finding out what has already been in existence.
Telephone was Invented where as America was Discovered.
2006-09-02 07:17:39 · answer #2 · answered by shikaripur 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
invention is a process of many people working at same theory and discovery is made by one person at one time and discovery leads to invention
2006-08-30 20:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discovery is finding out about something that already exists. Invention is creating something that has never existed before.
2006-08-30 02:54:56 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a discovery is about a thing that existed in physical form before it was discovered. columbus discovered america. an invention is the putting together of an idea which was never known to humanity before. it might have existed before but was unknown till it was invented. edison invented the electric bulb.
2006-08-30 03:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by HMG M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A discovery is something already invented that is found.
a Invention is a variation of a thing or something new that has been designed for a purpose that has not yet been thought of!
sorry thats straight off the top of my head!
2006-08-30 02:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invention is something original or created as a product one’s own ingenuity or experimentation –
Invention is altogether new
Discovery means to see or get knowledge of or learn of or gain sight/knowledge of something previously existing and unseen or unknown -
Discovery is already existing and not know earlier and found now.
2006-09-04 05:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invention is to create something different from the existing one, discovery is to find out what is existing from the hide out. for eg. cellphone is an invention, painting from old caves, mummies, new planets new stars etc are discoveries.
2006-09-04 04:21:56 · answer #8 · answered by nadkarni_chaitanya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a thought provoking question!!
When someone invents a theory of the evolution of the universe, is s/he discovering the theory?
Another question. Do you invent the solutions to a problem? Or do you discover it? Is the solution already there, and you just pounce upon it? Or is it that you made the solution on yourself so it is an invention?
2006-09-04 14:25:44 · answer #9 · answered by pranesh81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invention means you thought up something and put it into form. Discovery means it was there already and you came upon it.
2006-09-05 08:44:44 · answer #10 · answered by RIchard H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋