Established vs Investigated - What's the difference?
established | investigated |
(establish)
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
(investigate)
To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.
To conduct an inquiry or examination.
* 1903 , , "The Shadow and the Flash,"
As verbs the difference between established and investigated
is that established is (establish) while investigated is (investigate).As an adjective established
is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.established
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
Derived terms
* established church * long-establishedSynonyms
* (abbreviation)investigated
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(head)investigate
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(investigat)- to investigate the causes of natural phenomena
- to investigate an unsolved murder
- "Why don't you investigate'?" he demanded. And ' investigate I did.
