Discovery vs Investigate - What's the difference?
discovery | investigate |
Something discovered.
(uncountable) The discovering of new things.
(legal, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(legal, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
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 a noun discovery
is something discovered.As a verb investigate is
to inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.discovery
English
Noun
- This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
- The purpose of the voyage was discovery .
- automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser
- The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery .
- The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.
investigate
English
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.