Accuse vs Question - What's the difference?
accuse | question |
To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
* (rfdate) (Epistle to the Romans) 2:15,
* (rfdate) ,
To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
* (rfdate) (Acts of the Apostles) 24:13,
To make an accusation against someone.
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, title= A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
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, title= A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
* Bible, John iii. 25
* Francis Bacon
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
interrogation by torture
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
* Francis Bacon
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
(obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
* Shakespeare
In obsolete terms the difference between accuse and question
is that accuse is an accusation while question is to argue; to converse; to dispute.accuse
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(accus)- Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.
- We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms.
- Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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Usage notes
* (legal) When used this way accused is followed by the word of . * Synonym notes: To accuse , charge, impeach, arraign: these words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. ** To accuse'' is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to ''accuse of treason. ** Charge'' is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to ''charge with dishonesty or falsehood. ** To arraign'' is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to ''arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. ** To impeach'' is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to ''impeach a minister of high crimes. ** Both impeach'' and ''arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness.Synonyms
* (legal) charge, indict, impeach, arraign * () blame, censure, reproach, criminateExternal links
* * * English reporting verbs ----question
English
(wikipedia question)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions' during my yarn, but every ' question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- The story is true beyond question .
- He obeyed without question .
- There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- It is to be to question , whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
- The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question .
- Made she no verbal question ? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606
Synonyms
* inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, consideration, interrogation, doubt, motion, proposition, proposalDerived terms
* a question of * begging the question * beyond question * bonus question * call into question * chicken-or-egg question * closed-ended question * cross-question * essay question * federal question * in question * indirect question * frequently asked questions/FAQ * leading question * loaded question * multiple-choice question * no questions asked * open question * open-ended question * out of the question * pop the question * previous question * questionable * questionist * questionless * questionnaire * question mark * question-master * question sheet * question time * reverse question * rhetorical question * scaled question * tag question * toss-up question * West Lothian question * yes-no questionVerb
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew.