Offer vs. Invite — What's the Difference?

To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer

Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something

To put forward for consideration; propose

An invitation

To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement

To ask for the presence or participation of

To present as an act of worship

To request formally

To propose as payment; bid

To welcome; encourage

To make available; afford

To tend to bring on; provoke

To present for sale

To entice; tempt.

To provide; furnish

An invitation.

To exhibit readiness or desire (to do something); volunteer

(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

To engage in; put up

(transitive) To request formally.

To threaten

(transitive) To encourage.

To produce or introduce on the stage

(transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

To present an offering in worship or devotion.

(informal) An invitation.

To make an offer or proposal, especially of marriage.

To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.

To present itself

To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

(Baseball) To swing at a pitch. Used of a batter.

To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

The act of offering

To give invitation.

Something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation, that is offered

A colloquial expression for invitation;

(Law) A proposal that if accepted constitutes a legally binding contract.

Increase the likelihood of;

The condition of being offered, especially for sale

Invite someone to one's house;

A proposal that has been made.

Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;

Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

Ask someone in a friendly way to do something

(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

Have as a guest;

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

Ask to enter;

(intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).

Request the participation or presence of;

(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.

Express willingness to have in one's home or environs;

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

(transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

(transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.

(intransitive) To happen, to present itself.

(obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.

(transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; - often with up.

To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.

To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.

To attempt; to undertake.

To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.

To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

To present itself; to be at hand.

To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; - used with at.

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.

Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.

The verbal act of offering;

Something offered (as a proposal or bid);

A usually brief attempt;

Make available or accessible, provide or furnish;

Present for acceptance or rejection;

Agree freely;

Put forward for consideration;

Offer verbally;

Make available for sale;

Propose a payment;

Produce or introduce on the stage;

Present as an act of worship;

Mount or put up;

Make available; provide;

Ask (someone) to marry you;

Threaten to do something;