Chase vs Seek - What's the difference?
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The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
A hunt.
(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
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(British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
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(nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
To pursue, to follow at speed.
To hunt.
To give chase; to hunt.
(nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
To dilute alcohol.
(cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
(baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch
(baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed
(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
(architecture) A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring; an hollow space in the wall of a building containing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
The cavity of a mold.
(shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
To groove; indent.
To cut (the thread of a screw).
To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
(lb) To try to find, to look for, to search.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (label) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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*Bible, (w) xi. 16
*:Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.
*1960 , (Lobsang Rampa), :
*:“My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions.
(lb) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
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*1880 , , :
*:But persecution sought the lives of men of this character.
*1886 , Constantine Popoff, translation of (Leo Tolstoy)'s :
*:I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures.
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
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*:Ryght so he sought towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes
(lb) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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*:Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
*1726
*:Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains
In transitive terms the difference between chase and seek
is that chase is to decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing while seek is to try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.As a noun chase
is the act of one who chases another; a pursuit.As a proper noun Chase
is {{surname|from=nicknames}} from a Middle English nickname for a hunter.chase
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) chacier, from captio. Akin to catch.Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Some children like to be caught when playing chase , and others do not.
- So we played chase up and down the concourses of the airport.
- Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase , / For I myself must hunt this deer to death.
Derived terms
* cut to the chase * wild-goose chaseVerb
(chas)- to chase around after a doctor
- Chase vodka with orange juice to make a screwdriver.
- Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.
- Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
- The rally chased the starter.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "chase")Synonyms
* pursueDerived terms
* chase after * chase one's tail * chase rainbows * chase the dragonSee also
* followEtymology 2
Perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl) chasse, from (etyl) capsa.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Possibly from obsolete French , from (etyl), from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of “enchase”.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(chas)Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsseek
English
Verb
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Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
(tr.), (Alexander Pope), ''(Homer)'s (Odyssey), Book II, line 33