Established
Established adjective - Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established.
Invented and established are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Invented" instead the word "Established" as a verb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: establishment, establishing
Invented
Invented adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Established and invented are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Established" instead the word "Invented" as a verb or an adjective.
Both words in one sentence
- Many Discworld fans complained when later books established that Vetinari went to the Assassins' Guild school, when previous books had established he'd invented the modern, legal Assassins' Guild.
Source: Fanon / Literature -
Yeah, but Zig Zag was invented by Max Blackrabbit, a friend of Sabrina creator Eric Schwartz, and was already established with a backstory and porn career when Schwartz asked to use her.
Source: Breakout Character -
Believing that their favorite work invented or codified a trope that was already firmly established.
Source: Fan Myopia
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