invite和invitation的区别：中文意思不同、词性不同、用法不同。invite可作名词和及物动词，含义为“邀请”、“请求”、“招致”、“请柬”；invitation作为名词，含义为“获得邀请”、“请帖”、“鼓励”。

1、作为及物动词时，意为邀请;(正式)邀请，请求，要求;招致(尤指坏事)。

例句：Have you been invited to their party?

你接到参加他们的聚会的邀请了吗？

Successful candidates will be invited for interview next week.

通过甄别的候选人将获邀于下周参加面试。

Such comments are just inviting trouble.

这种评论简直是在自找麻烦。

She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey...

她邀请他去参加她在新泽西举行的 26 岁生日聚会。

At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out...

在将来的某天,经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。

I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble...

我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。

2、作为名词时，意为邀请;请柬。

例句：Thanks for your invite.

感谢你的邀请。

They haven't got an invite to the wedding.

他们还没收到参加婚礼的请柬。

Oh, how sweet. But I've never needed an invite to attend any function in the Hamptons.

真贴心不过参加汉普顿的任何庆典我都不需要请柬。

invitation作为名词，意为邀请;获得邀请;请柬;请帖;鼓励。

例句：A concert was held at the invitation of the mayor.

在市长的邀请下举办了一场音乐会。

Have you ordered the wedding invitations yet?

你订制婚礼请帖了吗？

Leaving the doors unlocked is an open invitation to burglars.

出门不上锁无异于开门揖盗。

Hundreds of invitations are being sent out this week.

本周将寄出数百份请柬。

She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.

那天下午她发出了远远不止400份请柬。