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Inquisitive vs Skeptic - What's the difference?

inquisitive | skeptic |

As an adjective inquisitive

is eager to acquire knowledge.

As a noun skeptic is

someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.

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

    skeptic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sceptic (British English )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.
  • Someone undecided as to what is true.
  • A type of agnostic

    • Related terms

    * skeptical * skepticism

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