Inquire vs Hazard - What's the difference?
inquire | hazard |
(lb) To ask (about something).
To make an inquiry or an investigation.
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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired , as though casually.
(historical) A type of game played with dice.
Chance.
* , Richard III , act 5, scene 4:
* 2006 May 20, John Patterson, The Guardian :
The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
* (rfdate) Rogers:
* 1599 , Wm. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar :
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An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
(golf) sand or water obstacle on a golf course
(billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard'') or the player's ball (''losing hazard ).
Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare:
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
* (rfdate) John Clarke
* (rfdate) Fuller
To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
* (rfdate) Landor
As verbs the difference between inquire and hazard
is that inquire is (lb) to ask (about something) while hazard is to expose to chance; to take a risk.As a noun hazard is
(historical) a type of game played with dice.inquire
English
Alternative forms
* enquire (chiefly British)Verb
(intransitive'' or ''transitive )Usage notes
* In British English, the spelling enquire' is more common, with '''inquire''' often reserved for official inquests. In Canada and the US, both spellings are acceptable, though ' inquire is favored.Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* inquire after * inquire ofSee also
* inquest * inquisition * inquisitive * inquisitor English reporting verbs ----hazard
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(wikipedia hazard)Noun
(en noun)- I will stand the hazard of the die.
- I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies.
- He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
- Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard .
- Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard .
citation, passage=If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars:
- Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards , snow is awful even when you don't have to travel.
- The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards .
- your latter hazard
Derived terms
* biohazard * chemical hazard * haphazard * hazardous * moral hazard * multihazard * occupational hazardVerb
(en verb)- Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
- He hazards his neck to the halter.
- I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
- They hazard to cut their feet.
- I'll hazard a guess.