Innovation, Creativity, and Invention

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These definitions are directly from Merriam-Webster:

Innovation: (noun) the introduction of something new, a new idea, method, or device (novelty)

Creativity: (noun) the quality of being creative, the ability to create

Invention: (noun) discovery, finding, productive imagination, a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experiment, the act or process of inventing

I would then make the following distinctions for our specific purposes:

An invention is a product of substance that meets some set of societal needs and would be the product of creativity.

An innovation is a concept or idea that may be embodied in an invention or may only be in the conceptual phase. An innovation is the product of creativity.

Creativity would then be the composite ability to innovate and/or invent.