Seek vs Geek - What's the difference?
seek | geek |
(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
(dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
(colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually asocial. Often used with an attributive noun.
(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
(colloquial) The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.
* 2007' '''Kelly Boler, ''inmag.com'':''' ''"Basically," says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, 'Ain't It Cool News' website], "it's my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in '''geek that's out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film."
(colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
(Australia, colloquial) A look.
* 2005 , , The Essential Bird ,
As verbs the difference between seek and geek
is that seek is (lb) to try to find, to look for, to search while geek is (colloquial) to get high on cocaine.As a noun geek is
(dated) a carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior or geek can be (australia|colloquial) a look.seek
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
Quotations
Synonyms
* look for * searchDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Anagrams
* English irregular verbsgeek
English
(wikipedia geek)Etymology 1
From the British dialectal term .Noun
(en noun)- I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
- I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.
- Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.
- My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek .
- Do you need a hardware geek''' or a software '''geek ?
- Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks .
Derived terms
* geek chic * geek code * geekdom * geekery * geekly * geek out * geekySee also
* dork * freak * guru * hacker * loser * nerdEtymology 2
Probably related to keek; compare (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- Then he says let?s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.
- Have a geek at this.