is a specific kind of: creator.

is a broader term that covers: patentee.

instances of which are: Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Bell | Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer | Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning | Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs | Bushnell, David Bushnell, Father of the Submarine | Cartwright, Edmund Cartwright | Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre | De Forest, Father of Radio, Lee De Forest | Eastman, George Eastman | Edison, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison | Fulton, Robert Fulton | Gatling, Richard Jordan Gatling | Gillette, King Camp Gilette | Goldmark, Peter Carl Goldmark, Peter Goldmark | Charles Goodyear, Goodyear | Hargreaves, James Hargreaves | Hero, Hero of Alexandria, Heron | Herman Hollerith, Hollerith | Elias Howe, Howe | Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard | Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land, Land | Langley, Samuel Pierpoint Langley | Mauser, P. P. von Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser, von Mauser | Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim | Cyrus Hall McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, McCormick | Mergenthaler, Ottmar Mergenthaler | Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Samuel Morse | Eadweard Muybridge, Edward James Muggeridge, Muybridge | Elisha Graves Otis, Otis | Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer, Singer | Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Sperry | Francis Edgar Stanley, Stanley | Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Steinmetz | Fox Talbot, Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot | Nikola Tesla, Tesla | James Watt, Watt | George Westinghouse, Westinghouse | Sir Charles Wheatstone, Wheatstone | Eli Whitney, Whitney | Orville Wright, Wright | Wilbur Wright, Wright | Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Zeppelin ... show more.

derivation: contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent | discover, find.

is a specific kind of: beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient.

is a broader term that covers: co-discoverer.

derivation: find, see, witness | descry, espy, spot, spy | detect, discover, find, notice, observe | bump, chance, encounter, find, happen | find, regain.