Is There a Word Invention?

Invention can refer to a type of musical composition, a falsehood, a discovery, or any product of the imagination. ... One might say that the first telephone was an invention, the first cellular telephone either an invention or an innovation, and the first smartphone an innovation.

Can invention be used as a verb?

To design a new process or mechanism. To create something fictional for a particular purpose. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

Is invention a proper noun?

Something invented. "My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time." The capacity to invent.