Invention and Truth

Opposite meaning words

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

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Truth is an antonym for invention in topics: creation, fabrication.

Truth noun - Agreement with fact or reality.

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Invention is an antonym for truth in topics: honesty, reality.

pure	pure invention	pure truth
special	special invention	special truth
complete	complete invention	complete truth
original	original invention	original truth
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, great, important, personal, possible, final, last, different, scientific, historical.

But a story arc revolving around Atlas's origins revealed — to his surprise, as much as anybody else's — that much of his backstory is an invention, and the truth is less Superman-like.

Source: Derivative Differentiation
He could have bankrolled the distribution of a massive invention... except that the truth serum doesn't work, as Carreidas ends up babbling on about everything except the bank account number.

Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check
In truth, the Brothers needed the researcher's invention to get the first Cure from a character he swallowed much earlier, and they helped him get the second one.

Source: One True Sequence

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