Query vs Interrogative - What's the difference?
query | interrogative |
A question or inquiry.
A question mark.
* Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
* 2006 , "Pip", Re: Royal Enfield motorbike - why would anyone buy one?'' (on newsgroup ''rec.motorcycles )
(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
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 (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 )
* 2000 , "Robert Erdec", Re: Help; mIRC32; unable to resolve server arnes.si'' (on newsgroup ''alt.irc.mirc )
Asking or denoting a question; pertaining to inquiry; questioning: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point; an interrogative look or tone of voice.
* 1877 : , Essentials of English Grammar for the Use of Schools ยง470
(grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
(rare) A question; an interrogation.
As nouns the difference between query and interrogative
is that query is a question or inquiry while interrogative is (grammar) a word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.As a verb query
is to ask, inquire.As an adjective interrogative is
asking or denoting a question; pertaining to inquiry; questioning: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point; an interrogative look or tone of voice.query
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(queries)- The teacher answered the student's query concerning biosynthesis.
- 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
- I refer you to your line above, where you use a query and a bang together.
- The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
Derived terms
* query language * subqueryVerb
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- He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!"... so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do.. maybe talk...
- if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.
interrogative
English
(wikipedia interrogative)Adjective
(head)- The regular place of the interrogative word, of whatever kind, is at the beginning of the sentence, or as near it as possible.