What's the difference between inventor and inventress?

Inventor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

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  • (1) "I am so proud to announce my new partnership with Polaroid as the creative director and inventor of speciality projects," said the pop star.
  • (2) In such a case, the inventor may have to play a particularly active role in the patenting process and, especially, the marketing process.
  • (3) A lawyer can provide information about nondisclosure agreements, patents, and other forms of protection for the inventor.
  • (4) John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of Corn Flakes, also invented the sunbed, patenting his first device in 1896 – by royal appointment no less, as Edward VII apparently kept one at Windsor Castle for his gout.
  • (5) In The Prestige (2006), Christopher Nolan’s film about two battling magicians, Bowie featured as the inventor Nikola Tesla.
  • (6) Google has celebrated the birth of the inventor of the petri dish, Julius Richard Petri, who was born on May 31, 1852 with a doodle on its home page.
  • (7) A number of possible applications originally proposed by the inventor himself are mentioned.
  • (8) 2012 The inventor of thalidomide, the Grünenthal Group, releases a statement saying it regrets the consequences of the drug .
  • (9) Turere is the inventor of "lion lights", a fence made of a car battery, solar panel and torch bulbs that ensures lions no longer dare touch his father's livestock.
  • (10) Only a few years Smullyan's junior was Ivan Moscovich, 82, a puzzle inventor who was clutching a prototype of his newest product, You And Einstein, which will be in the shops later this year.
  • (11) This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first of the three Back to the Future films, in which he played the wild-eyed inventor Doc Brown.
  • (12) It's been a learning journey for its three Dutch inventors.
  • (13) That the way of this method must be right, is proved by a short historical view and by case reports; On one side by the inventor of this method and on the other side by a retrospective study from the orthopedic department of the Kantonsspital of St. Gallen.
  • (14) The sterile combinations do not even present themselves to the mind of the inventor."
  • (15) Stand aside Dr Quincy, you may no longer be required: the inventor of a state-of-the-art computer-assisted autopsy system that is increasingly being used in European hospitals has claimed the technique could eventually mean there is no such thing as a "perfect murder".
  • (16) Thus we were not able to confirm results published previously by the inventor of this test (Nashed, 1981).
  • (17) Sir James Dyson, vacuum cleaners The inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner is worth up to £2.5bn and owns the £15m Dodington Park estate in Wiltshire.
  • (18) Last but not least, overly complex financial instruments should simply be banned, unless they can be shown by their inventors to bring significant net benefits in the long run, in a manner similar to the drugs approval procedure.
  • (19) Sir Clive Sinclair, its dogged inventor, has claimed 17,000 Sinclair C5s were sold.
  • (20) The Consumer Electronics Show is an annual lovefest between inventors and the gadgetry enthusiasts who love them.

Inventress


Definition:

  • (n.) A woman who invents.

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