Inquiry vs Find - What's the difference?
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The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.
To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
* Shakespeare
* Cowley
To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
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To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
* Shakespeare
* Cowley
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, chapter=1 To determine or judge.
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
* Shakespeare
To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
(archaic) To provide for; to supply; to furnish.
* London Times
* Charles Dickens
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
The act of finding.
As nouns the difference between inquiry and find
is that inquiry is the act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning while find is anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.As a verb find is
to encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.inquiry
English
(wikipedia inquiry)Alternative forms
* enquiryNoun
(inquiries)Usage notes
According to Fowler's Modern English Usage'' (1926), ''inquiry'' should be used in relation to a formal inquest, and ''enquiry'' to the act of questioning. Many (though not all) British writers maintain this distinction; the Oxford English Dictionary, in its entry not updated since 1900, lists ''inquiry'' and ''enquiry'' as equal alternatives, in that order. Some British dictionaries, such as ''Chambers 21st Century Dictionary'' [http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?title=21st&query=inquiry], present the two spellings as interchangeable variants in the general sense, but prefer ''inquiry'' for the "formal inquest" sense. In Australian English, ''inquiry'' represents a formal inquest (such as a government investigation) while ''enquiry'' is used in the act of questioning (eg: the customer enquired about the status of his loan application). Both spellings are current in Canadian English, where ''enquiry'' is often associated with scholarly or intellectual research. (See Pam Peters, ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage , p. 282.) American English usually uses inquiry .References
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Verb
- Searching the window for a flint, I found / This paper, thus sealed up.
- In woods and forests thou art found .
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- I find you passing gentle.
- The torrid zone is now found habitable.
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- to find''' a verdict; to '''find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person
- to find his title with some shows of truth
- Water is found to be a compound substance.
- to find''' leisure; to '''find means
- Looks like he found himself a new vehicle!
- After a long flight, I now find myself in San Francisco.
- to find food for workmen
- He finds his nephew in money.
- Wages £14 and all found .
- Nothing a day and find yourself.
