Found
Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
Invent
Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
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Both words in one sentence
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Instead, they gained supernatural genius.Woodruff used his newly found genius to invent mobile robotic legs to help his fellow disabled veterans.
Source: Video Game / Iron Brigade -
An impressive scientist even by immortal standards, he found time to invent a bewildering number of absurdly advanced technological artifacts.
Source: Emperor Scientist -
Justified in that he did not invent it but found instructions on the Internet, and that it was specifically designed to be built from cheap and readily-available materials.
Source: Homemade Inventions
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