Interrogate vs Doubt - What's the difference?
interrogate | doubt | Related terms |
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
Uncertainty, disbelief.
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(ambitransitive) To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
* Hooker
* Dryden
(archaic) To fear; to suspect.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.186:
(obsolete) To fear; to be apprehensive of.
* R. of Gloucester
* Shakespeare
* Spenser
(obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.
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* Beaumont and Fletcher
Interrogate is a related term of doubt.
As verbs the difference between interrogate and doubt
is that interrogate is to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner while doubt is (ambitransitive) to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.As a noun doubt is
uncertainty, disbelief.interrogate
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Verb
(interrogat)- The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
References
* * ----doubt
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia doubt)- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts .
Verb
(en verb)- He doubted that was really what you meant.
- Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt
- To try your love and make you doubt of mine.
- He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there, / I doubt , all likeness ends between the pair.
- Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God.
- I doubt some foul play.
- I of doubted danger had no fear.
- The virtues of the valiant Caratach / More doubt me than all Britain.