No, let me try again.
Let's talk about "saving time" and "investing time".
"Saving time" means to not even use the time. Since there is no time bank, any "saved time" has to be used immediately for something else.
"Investing time" means to
do something meaningful, i.e. something that gives you a benefit. The emphasis lies on "doing something".
Now with regards to money.
"Saving money" means you do not spend it. But the money is still there. You do not have to spend it immediately, but if you don't you just continue to save it. So there is now some unspent (saved) money. If you buy, say, an S&P 500 ETF with that money, you're still saving it, but you have converted it into an interest bearing security (in the broader sense of the word). It's sitting there in the form of an ETF, and you have it "work for you", as they say. Which means nothing else than hoping it will give you a return.
"Investing money" means you convert it into something tangible, that you can then work with to give you a return. For example, you invest in a company by buying machines or hiring employees. Those will then, if things go well, return a result than could be converted into money in return. Hopefully more money than you started off with.
The important thing is that you had a say in what happened after the money was spent (converted).
Putting money in real-easte that you own is more like "investing" to me, than it is "saving". Especially if you use the real estate yourself.
You can make whatever you want out of this. I'm not invested (pun intended) in winning you over. I've only spent some time (hopefully not wasted).