Invalid vs. Nonvalid

Invalid vs. Nonvalid — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Invalid and Nonvalid

Invalidadjective

Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.

Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.

Nonvalidadjective

Not valid.

Invalidadjective

Intended for use by an invalid.

Invalidnoun

Any person with a disability or illness.

Invalidnoun

A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.

Invalidnoun

(archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.

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Invalidverb

To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

He was invalided home after the car crash.

Invalidverb

(transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.

Invalidnoun

someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury

Invalidverb

force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen

Invalidverb

injure permanently;

He was disabled in a car accident

Invalidadjective

having no cogency or legal force;

invalid reasoningan invalid driver's license
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Invalidadjective

no longer valid;

the license is invalid