65. Invent and discover 

• Incorrect: Who invented America?

 • Correct: Who discovered America? 

• Incorrect: Who discovered the telephone? 

• Correct: Who invented the telephone? 

Use invent of something which did not exist until man created it. 

Example: a computer or a telephone. 

Use discover of something which existed without man's knowledge. 

Example: mineral deposits, countries, continents, planets etc.