Inspected vs Investigated - What's the difference?
inspected | investigated |
(inspect)
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 (investigate)
To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.
To conduct an inquiry or examination.
* 1903 , , "The Shadow and the Flash,"
As verbs the difference between inspected and investigated
is that inspected is (inspect) while investigated is (investigate).inspected
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Verb
(head)inspect
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Alternative forms
* enspectVerb
(en verb)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 * inspectionAnagrams
* *investigated
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Verb
(head)investigate
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Verb
(investigat)- to investigate the causes of natural phenomena
- to investigate an unsolved murder
- "Why don't you investigate'?" he demanded. And ' investigate I did.