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Inquisitive vs Meddling - What's the difference?

inquisitive | meddling | Synonyms |

Inquisitive is a synonym of meddling.


As adjectives the difference between inquisitive and meddling

is that inquisitive is eager to acquire knowledge while meddling is that meddles.

As a noun meddling is

action of the verb meddle .

As a verb meddling is

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inquisitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Eager to acquire knowledge.
  • * I. Watts
    • A young, inquisitive , and sprightly genius.
  • Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
  • * Broome
    • A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
  • * Episode 16
    • 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 * inquisitiveness

    meddling

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • That meddles.

    • Synonyms

    * annoying

    Derived terms

    * meddlingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb meddle .
  • * 1835 , William Osburn, Doctrinal Errors of the Apostolical and Early Fathers (page 30)
    • It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here.

    Verb

    (head)