The difference between Ennoble and Invest
When used as verbs, ennoble means to bestow with nobility, honour or grace, whereas invest means to spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose.
Invest is also noun with the meaning: an unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ennoble and Invest
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Ennoble as a verb:
To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
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Ennoble as a verb:
To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.
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Invest as a verb:
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
Examples:
"We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event."
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Invest as a verb (transitive, dated):
To clothe or wrap (with garments).
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Invest as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To put on (clothing).
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Invest as a verb:
To envelop, wrap, cover.
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Invest as a verb:
To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
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Invest as a verb:
To ceremonially install someone in some office.
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Invest as a verb:
To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
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Invest as a verb:
To formally give (power or authority).
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Invest as a verb:
To surround, accompany, or attend.
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Invest as a verb:
To lay siege to.
Examples:
"to invest a town"
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Invest as a verb (intransitive):
To make investments.
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Invest as a verb (metallurgy):
To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
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Invest as a noun (meteorology):
An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.