The difference between Homosexual and Invert

When used as nouns, homosexual means a person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex, whereas invert means a homosexual.

When used as adjectives, homosexual means possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same gender or non-anti-gender area. examples being a male androphile or a female gynephile, whereas invert means subjected to the process of inversion.

Invert is also verb with the meaning: to turn (something) upside down or inside out.

check bellow for the other definitions of Homosexual and Invert

  1. Homosexual as an adjective (of a person or animal):

    Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same gender or non-anti-gender area. Examples being a male androphile or a female gynephile.

  2. Homosexual as an adjective (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship):

    Between two people of the same gender-area; gay.

    Examples:

    "My sister is currently in a homosexual relationship with a girl in her class''."

    "homosexual acts'', ''a homosexual kiss"

  3. Homosexual as an adjective:

    Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

  1. Homosexual as a noun:

    A person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

  1. Invert as a verb (transitive):

    To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

    Examples:

    "to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc."

  2. Invert as a verb (transitive, music):

    To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

  3. Invert as a verb (chemistry, intransitive):

    To undergo inversion, as sugar.

  4. Invert as a verb:

    To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knolles"

  1. Invert as a noun (obsolete, psychology):

    A homosexual.

  2. Invert as a noun (architecture):

    An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *

  3. Invert as a noun:

    The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.

  4. Invert as a noun (civil engineering):

    The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

  5. Invert as a noun (civil engineering):

    An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

  6. Invert as a noun:

    A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.

  7. Invert as a noun (zoology, informal):

    invertebrate

  1. Invert as an adjective (chemistry):

    Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

    Examples:

    "invert sugar"

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