Beholding vs Probe - What's the difference?

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Beholding is a related term of probe.

As verbs the difference between beholding and probe

is that beholding is while probe is .

As an adjective beholding

is .

As a noun beholding

is the act by which something is beheld.

beholding

English

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(en adjective)

* 1612 , Shakespeare, Henry VIII , V, 5

I thank ye all. To you, my good lord mayor,

And your good brethren, I am much beholding ;

I have received much honour by your presence,

And ye shall find me thankful.

* Robynson (More's Utopia)

I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father.

* Fuller

So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children.

Noun

(en noun)

The act by which something is beheld.

* Robert Trail

But this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received.

probe

English

Noun

(en noun)

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.

They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

Synonyms

* (game of go ) yosu-miru

Derived terms

* probe-and-drogue

Verb

(prob)

(intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question

If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

* Hallam

the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown

To insert a probe into.

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