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Inspect vs Examinate - What's the difference?

inspect | examinate |

As a verb inspect

is to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

As a noun examinate is

(obsolete) one who is subjected to examination.

inspect

English

Alternative forms

* enspect

Verb

(en verb)
  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • To view and examine officially.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

    Derived terms

    * inspector * inspection

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    examinate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who is subjected to examination.
    • (Francis Bacon)
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