招待 and 招致: Inviting people and seeking to host an event
Compare an exhibition invitation received by letter with a proposal to bring a traveling exhibition to a region. Read the invitation’s recipient and the event sought for a locality.
Inviting a person
招待 means an invitation or inviting someone. 「友人を誕生日会に招待しました。」 reports inviting a friend to a birthday party. The invited person and occasion are stated.
「展覧会への招待を手紙で受けた。」 reports receiving an exhibition invitation by mail. Receiving it does not itself establish actual attendance.
Seeking to bring an event to a locality
招致 concerns attracting or seeking to host something. 「町は架空の音楽祭の招致を目指している。」 says a town aims to attract a fictional music festival. It does not report a completed real festival.
「巡回展を地元へ招致する案が会議で出た。」 reports a proposal to bring a traveling exhibition to the region being raised at a meeting. The proposal does not say the exhibition has already opened.
Identify the recipient and the target
The invitation letter’s 招待 focuses on the person receiving an invitation. The traveling-exhibition proposal’s 招致 focuses on the event to be brought to a locality. The relations have different targets.
These representative examples do not limit 招待 exclusively to people or 招致 exclusively to events. Receipt of an invitation, an aim, and a proposal each retain their stated scope.
What targets do the exhibition invitation’s 招待 and the traveling-exhibition proposal’s 招致 address?
Show the answer and why
招待 connects with the person invited, while the 招致 proposal targets the traveling exhibition to be brought to the region. Separate inviting people from seeking an event without adding completed attendance or hosting.