Poring vs Investigate - What's the difference?
poring | investigate |
The act of one who pores.
* 1833 , Oliver Moore, The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune
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 verbs the difference between poring and investigate
is that poring is while investigate is to inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.As a noun poring
is the act of one who pores.poring
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- During my porings over a volume of the former for 1794, I fell upon a paragraph which caused such a sudden perturbation in my whole appearance, as to excite the curiosity of the surgeon
Anagrams
*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.