patent vs register

register vs patent

patent and register both are nouns.

patent is an adjective but register is not an adjective.

patent and register both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patent	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
register	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, register is a hypernym of patent; that is, register is a word with a broader meaning than patent:

patent: grant rights to; grant a patent for
register: record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

patent (noun)	register (noun)
an official document granting a right or privilege	a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention	an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
	a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
	(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
	(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
	an official written record of names or events or transactions
	a book in which names and transactions are listed

patent (adjective)	register (adjective)
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage

patent (verb)	register (verb)
make open to sight or notice	enter into someone's consciousness
obtain a patent for	indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
grant rights to; grant a patent for	record in a public office or in a court of law
	send by registered mail
	manipulate the registers of an organ
	be aware of
	show in one's face
	record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
	enroll to vote
	have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

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