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Interrogatory vs Query - What's the difference?

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Interrogatory is a related term of query.


As nouns the difference between interrogatory and query

is that interrogatory is (legal) a formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule while query is a question or inquiry.

As an adjective interrogatory

is serving to interrogate; questioning.

As a verb query is

to ask, inquire.

interrogatory

English

Noun

(interrogatories)
  • (legal) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule.
    • (Macaulay)
  • * 2013 , James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce (page 240)
    • If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
  • A question; an interrogation.

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to interrogate; questioning.
    • an interrogatory glance

    query

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (queries)
  • A question or inquiry.
    • The teacher answered the student's query concerning biosynthesis.
  • A question mark.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • She had written in her diary: "I don't think I am in a concentration-camp??????", the queries growing larger and more numerous till they covered the entire page
  • * 2006 , "Pip", Re: Royal Enfield motorbike - why would anyone buy one?'' (on newsgroup ''rec.motorcycles )
    • I refer you to your line above, where you use a query and a bang together.
  • (computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
    • The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.

    Derived terms

    * query language * subquery

    Verb

  • To ask, inquire.
  • To ask a question.
  • To question or call into doubt.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
  • (computing, databases) To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.
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  • (internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
  • * 2000 , "Phantom", Re: Uhm.. hi... I guess...'' (on newsgroup ''alt.support.boy-lovers )
    • He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!"... so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do.. maybe talk...
  • * 2000 , "Robert Erdec", Re: Help; mIRC32; unable to resolve server arnes.si'' (on newsgroup ''alt.irc.mirc )
    • if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.

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