Distinguish between invention, innovation, and cultural diffusion

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER:
Invention is a new combination of existing cultural features; innovation is change brought about by a recombination of existing cultural features; and cultural diffusion is the spreading of a cultural trait from one society to another.

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