Convert vs. Invert

Convertverb

(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

‘A kettle converts water into steam.’;

Invertverb

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

‘to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.’;

Convertverb

(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

‘He converted his garden into a tennis court.’;

Invertverb

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

Convertverb

(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief see also sense 11.

‘They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.’;

Invertverb

To undergo inversion, as sugar.

Convertverb

(transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.

‘We converted our pounds into euros.’;

Invertverb

To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

Convertverb

(transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.

Invertnoun

A homosexual.

Convertverb

(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

‘How do you convert feet into metres?’;

Invertnoun

(architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *

Convertverb

To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.

Invertnoun

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.

Convertverb

To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

Invertnoun

(civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

Convertverb

To score (especially a penalty kick).

Invertnoun

(civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

Convertverb

To score a spare.

Invertnoun

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.

Convertverb

(intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief see also sense 3.

‘We’ve converted to Methodism.’;

Invertnoun

invertebrate

Convertverb

(intransitive) To become converted.

‘The chair converts into a bed.’;

Invertadjective

(chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

‘invert sugar’;

Convertverb

To cause to turn; to turn.

Invertverb

To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

‘That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,As if these organs had deceptious functions.’; ‘Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,Wanting its proper base to stand upon.’;

Convertverb

To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

Invertverb

To change the position of; - said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.

Convertverb

To turn into another language; to translate.

Invertverb

To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

Convertverb

To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.

Invertverb

To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.

Convertverb

To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.

Invertverb

To undergo inversion, as sugar.

Convertnoun

A person who has converted to a religion.

‘They were all converts to Islam.’;

Invertadjective

Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.

Convertnoun

A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

‘I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!’;

Invertnoun

An inverted arch.

Convertnoun

(Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

Invertverb

make an inversion (in a musical composition);

‘here the theme is inverted’;

Convertverb

To cause to turn; to turn.

‘O, which way shall I first convert myself?’;

Invertverb

turn inside out or upside down

Convertverb

To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.

‘If the whole atmosphere were converted into water.’; ‘That still lessensThe sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.’;

Convertverb

To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.

‘No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.’;

Convertverb

To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.

‘He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death.’;

Convertverb

To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

‘When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny.’;

Convertverb

To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

Convertverb

To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

Convertverb

To turn into another language; to translate.

‘Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted.’;

Convertverb

To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.

‘If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted.’; ‘A red dust which converth into worms.’; ‘The public hopeAnd eye to thee converting.’;

Convertnoun

A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.

‘The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images.’;

Convertnoun

A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.

Convertnoun

a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

Convertverb

change the nature, purpose, or function of something;

‘convert lead into gold’; ‘convert hotels into jails’; ‘convert slaves to laborers’;

Convertverb

change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy;

‘We converted from 220 to 110 Volt’;

Convertverb

change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief;

‘She converted to Buddhism’;

Convertverb

exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

‘Could you convert my dollars into pounds?’; ‘He changed his name’; ‘convert centimeters into inches’; ‘convert holdings into shares’;

Convertverb

cause to adopt a new or different faith;

‘The missionaries converted the Indian population’;

Convertverb

score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone;

‘Smith converted and his team won’;

Convertverb

complete successfully;

‘score a penalty shot or free throw’;

Convertverb

score (a spare)

Convertverb

make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something;

‘He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product’;

Convertverb

exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Convertverb

change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change;

‘The substance converts to an acid’;