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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (356427)10/29/2007 5:34:23 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) of 1583152
 
"..why don't you repeat the "nuance" that "create" and "invent" are two different things?"

thefreedictionary.com

cre·ate (kr-t)
tr.v. cre·at·ed, cre·at·ing, cre·ates
1. To cause to exist; bring into being. See Synonyms at found1.
2. To give rise to; produce: That remark created a stir.
3. To invest with an office or title; appoint.
4. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort: create a poem; create a role.

in·vent (n-vnt)
tr.v. in·vent·ed, in·vent·ing, in·vents
1. To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of ingenuity or imagination.
2. To make up; fabricate: invent a likely excuse.

Are you REALLY an engineer? Do you believe in precision? Do you create children, or INVENT them?
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