Debrief vs Interrogate - What's the difference?
debrief | interrogate |
To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.
To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.
To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
In transitive terms the difference between debrief and interrogate
is that debrief is to inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner while interrogate is to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.debrief
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(en verb)Derived terms
* debriefing (noun)Anagrams
*interrogate
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(interrogat)- The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.