Invention vs. Innovation
The main difference between invention and innovation is that while the invention is an act of designing, discovering or creating a new process, product, device or method; innovation is transforming or updating an existing product, device, method or process in order to enhance its value.
Key Differences
Invention demands scientific skills whereas innovation requires practical marketing, technical and strategic skills.
The invention is restricted to the development and research department of an organization. Innovation is spread everywhere in the organization.
The invention is related to a single process or product. On the contrary, innovation is focused on the collection of different services and products.
The invention is the emergence of a new, original idea in theory and innovation practically implements a new idea.
Invention means a new product’s creation while innovation brings about transformations in the existing product in order to increase its worth.
Comparison Chart
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It refers to devising a new process, idea or a product that has never been created before.
By innovation, we imply the transformation or redesign of an idea, process or product for the first time.
Nature
Creation of a novel process, product, device, or idea.
Enhancing the value of something already existing.
Concept
An original idea.
Implementing a new idea practically.
Required Skills
Skills scientific in nature.
Skills that are technical, strategic, and marketing in nature.
Occurrence
When a novel idea comes in a scientist’s mind.
When it is a need to improve an existing product.
Type
A single process, product, device or an idea.
A combination of different processes, devices, products, and ideas.
Invention and Innovation Definitions
Invention
The act or process of inventing
Used a technique of her own invention.
Innovation
The act of introducing something new.
Invention
A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation
The phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison.
Innovation
Something newly introduced.
Invention
A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.
Innovation
The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
Invention
Skill in inventing; inventiveness
"the invention and sweep of the staging" (John Simon).
Innovation
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs
Invention
(Music) A short composition developing a single theme contrapuntally.
Innovation
Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
Invention
A discovery; a finding.
Innovation
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
Invention
Something invented.
Innovation
The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc.
Invention
The act of inventing.
The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.
Innovation
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations.
Invention
The capacity to invent.
It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
Innovation
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
Invention
(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
Innovation
A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Invention
(archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
Innovation
The creation of something in the mind
Invention
The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man.
Innovation
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
She looked forward to her initiation as an adult
The foundation of a new scientific society
He regards the fork as a modern introduction
Invention
That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention; she patented five inventions.
We entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished.
Invention
A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
Filling their hearersWith strange invention.
Invention
The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.
They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a maker.
Invention
The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
Invention
The creation of something in the mind
Invention
A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Invention
The act of inventing
Invention vs. Innovation
The invention is a novel idea while innovation is transforming that idea into reality. The invention is something that never existed before and innovation is making an idea into a tangible object. The invention can produce a new object while innovation makes changes to the existing object. Inventions are created through scientific research and experiments and innovation is a good change brought about to already available products and services, which in turn fulfills the needs of customers by having better services and products. Inventions are mostly patented to give security to the inventor. This happens through protecting their intellectual rights. Even the term invention is patented and a legal term. One cannot copy another’s invention as their own. Innovations are not patented, as they simply redesign or improve existing inventions. Innovations can also generate new products or processes to fulfill economic as well as social needs. An innovation requires existing resources, while an invention is a new resource itself that was never seen or discovered.
What is an Invention?
An invention is a process, idea, composition or even a technological device that is totally unique. It is an essential part of the process of developing and engineering a product. It always creates something new that never existed before. An incredibly unique invention always become successful and brings the inventor fame. It becomes an incredible breakthrough for him as compared to others in the same field as him. Inventions serve various functions and purposes. They do not always create positive value, but some keep on developing over time. Some of the inventions are usually patented. The rules and methods of patenting differ from country to country, and the process of patenting is usually expensive. There is no limit to inventions in artistic and design creativity. Such inventions surpass the limits of human capability and knowledge. Inventions are technological, sociopolitical, humanistic, artistic, philosophical and even cultural.
- Sociopolitical inventions make new laws and new modes of human social behavior. They also are responsible for establishing new forms of institutions, organizations and the basis of human interaction.
- Humanistic inventions embody an entire culture and are as revolutionary and significant as any scientific or technological invention.
- Artistic inventions are the newest forms of paintings and music and literary stuff by famous artists and writers around the globe.
- Philosophical inventions are the many kinds of logic and their explanations that were created from time to time by philosophers.
Example
Vaccination, the atomic bomb, the Internet, smartphone, laws, the British Parliament, the US Constitution, neologisms, cinema, photography, psychoanalysis, electric bulb, etc.
What is Innovation?
By innovation we mean the introduction of a new and good trait that is added to an existing or a new method of production, organization, industry, product, etc., in order to enhance its quality. It is an idea that is turned into a tangible realistic form. It is mostly used in business and market to boost sales and fulfill their customers’ requirements. There are different techniques for making an innovation. Innovation can be done in business as well as culturally. It is the application of new ideas that are applicable in the context of business and marketing. Innovation serves many purposes. Without innovation, companies cannot bring constant value to their clients. It also translates a creative idea into good service. Innovation is also finding better and newer solutions to existing problems. There are many types of innovation, including disruptive innovation, radical innovation, incremental innovation, and disruptive innovation, product innovation, process innovation, or business model innovation.
Example
Concentrated solar power, geothermal energy, GPS feature in phones, touch screen mobile phones, new models of space aircraft, Uber service, Amazon service, Google, Wikipedia, Tesla Model S electric cars, a vending machine that bakes pizzas, etc.
