Invention or Discovery?

By 'Gunpowder' I mean that stuff used a couple hundred years ago.

By 'Coffee' I mean the liquid stuff we drink in the morning.

By 'Banana' I mean the yellow seedless things we buy at the supermarket.

In case your answer may depend on those facts.

Wild bananas have seeds, are green and don't taste very good. The yellow seedless bananas, that we buy in supermarkets, do not grow wild nor can they reproduce naturally. They are cultivated by humans specifically to produce its sweet meat for commercial sales.

Observing that domesticated animals displayed more active behavior after eating curtain berries and with the knowledge that brewing beer from grains produced an alcoholic beverage, coffee was first produced for its revitalizing properties in the 10th century.

And as Sage answered, the knowledge that heating a mixture of particular ingredients resulted in flames or explosions was first documented by Chinese alchemists of the 9th century.

And as Sage answered, the knowledge that heating a mixture of particular ingredients resulted in flames or explosions was first documented by Chinese alchemists of the 9th century.

And as Sage answered, the knowledge that heating a mixture of particular ingredients resulted in flames or explosions was first documented by Chinese alchemists of the 9th century.

And as Sage answered, the knowledge that heating a mixture of particular ingredients resulted in flames or explosions was first documented by Chinese alchemists of the 9th century.

Discovery is an act of observation and learning.

Invention is an act of creation.