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Investigation vs Researching - What's the difference?

investigation | researching |

As nouns the difference between investigation and researching

is that investigation is investigation while researching is the act of carrying out research.

As a verb researching is

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investigation

Noun

(investigations)
  • The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
  • researching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of carrying out research.
  • * 1994 , Richard Beadle, The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre (page 160)
  • There are also the formal researchings into the past by Herod's doctors/councillors.