Invigilate vs Investigate - What's the difference?
invigilate | investigate |
To oversee a test or exam.
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,"
In lang=en terms the difference between invigilate and investigate
is that invigilate is to oversee a test or exam while investigate is to conduct an inquiry or examination.As verbs the difference between invigilate and investigate
is that invigilate is to oversee a test or exam while investigate is to inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.invigilate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Professor Burns will be invigilating over the final examinations to ensure that the students do not cheat.
Derived terms
* invigilation * invigilatorSee also
* proctor ----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.