Enquiry vs Quiz - What's the difference?
enquiry | quiz | Synonyms |
(British, Australian, NZ) A question.
Something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.
One who or that which quizzes.
(dated) An odd or absurd person or thing.
* 1803' (published '''1816 ), (Jane Austen), ''(Northanger Abbey) , [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/121/121-h/121-h.htm Chapter 7]
A competition in the answering of questions.
A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
(archaic) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
* Thackeray
(archaic) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
To question closely, to interrogate.
To instruct by means of a quiz.
Enquiry is a synonym of quiz.
As nouns the difference between enquiry and quiz
is that enquiry is (british|australian|nz) a question while quiz is quiz, trivia.enquiry
English
(wikipedia enquiry)Alternative forms
* inquiryNoun
(enquiries)Usage notes
See .quiz
English
(wikipedia quiz)Noun
(quizzes)- (Smart)
- (Thackeray)
- Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch.
- We came second in the pub quiz .
Derived terms
* quiz kid * quizzer * quizzery * quizzical * quizzify * quizzyVerb
(en-verb)- He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.