Inquisitive vs Inquisitorial - What's the difference?
inquisitive | inquisitorial |
Eager to acquire knowledge.
* I. Watts
Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
* Broome
* Episode 16
of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition
in a manner of inquisition or inquisitors
* 1919 , :
(legal) describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge
As adjectives the difference between inquisitive and inquisitorial
is that inquisitive is eager to acquire knowledge while inquisitorial is of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the inquisition.inquisitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A young, inquisitive , and sprightly genius.
- A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
- Everybody gets their own ration of luck, they say. Now you mention it' his face was familiar to me. But, leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too ' inquisitive ?
Derived terms
* inquisitively * inquisitivenessinquisitorial
English
(Inquisitorial system)Adjective
(en adjective)- Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations.