Invention and Shift

Invention

Invention noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.

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Shift and invention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Invention".

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Invention and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Invention" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

complete	complete invention	complete shift
original	original invention	original shift
obvious	obvious invention	obvious shift
actual	actual invention	actual shift
Other adjectives: real, important, new, major, final, significant, strange, last, different, recent, sudden, seamless.

This period lasted until the mid-Renaissance period, when improvements in ship design and the invention of firearms led to a shift in strategy.

Source: Useful Notes / History of Naval Warfare
Journey to Chaos: Tasio the Trickster, when reading from his "resume", claims to be responsible for the invention of fire, the wheel, and the Great Vowel Shift.

Source: Been There, Shaped History
This cultural shift in the morality of sexuality was a reaction to the technological invention of the birth control pill, which gave women substantially more control over pregnancy than condoms offered.

Source: Sex Equals Love

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