Difference between Invest and Place

What is the difference between Invest and Place?

Invest as a verb is to clothe or wrap (with garments). while Place as a verb is to put (an object or person) in a specific location.

Invest

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To clothe or wrap (with garments). To envelop, wrap, cover. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose. To ceremonially install someone in some office. To formally give someone some power or authority. To lay siege to. To make investments. To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.

Example sentence: My father was a person who always allowed me to do what I wanted but he told me you want to go to a stock market, first get yourself qualified. So, I qualified myself as a chartered accountant and my dad said what do you want to do? I said I want to go to the stock market. He asked what will you do? I said I invest.

Place

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A location or position.An open space, courtyard, market square.A group of houses.A region of a land.Somewhere for a person to sit.A frame of mind.A house or home.A role or purpose; a station.Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.The position of a contestant in a competition.The position as a member of a sports team.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (an object or person) in a specific location.To earn a given spot in a competition.To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.To arrange for or to make (a bet).To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

Example sentence: Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.

We hope you now know whether to use Invest or Place in your sentence.

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