[発見]{はっ・けん} and [発明]{はつ・めい} difference


I'm trying to memorize the kanji 発 and a few of its most important usages in
vocab.

Jisho says はっけん means discovery and はつめい means invention. Aren't these
synonyms of each other? They are both used in, for example, a scientific
context or for new technologies. What are the differences?




You can safely follow the difference of discovery/invention for 発見/発明, I
suppose.

  * 彼は遺跡を{発見した/*発明した} : He discovered/*invented the remains.
  * 彼はラジオを{*発見した/発明した}： He *discovered/invented radio.

発明した is used usually for things made by the subject, just like _invent_. Let
me know if I'm wrong in the assumption.




You can safely follow the difference of discovery/invention for 発見/発明, I
suppose.

  * 彼は遺跡を{発見した/*発明した} : He discovered/*invented the remains.
  * 彼はラジオを{*発見した/発明した}： He *discovered/invented radio.

発明した is used usually for things made by the subject, just like _invent_. Let
me know if I'm wrong in the assumption.

