Seeking vs Pursue - What's the difference?
seeking | pursue |
The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
* 1873 , Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (volume 9, page 269)
(in combination) that seeks something specified
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
(obsolete) To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.
To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 20
* 2009 , Martin Chulov, ‘Iraqi shoe-thrower claims he suffered torture in jail’, The Guardian , 15 Sep 09:
To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
* 2009 , Benjamin Pogrund, ‘Freeze won't hurt Netanyahu’, The Guardian , 1 Dec 09:
To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
As verbs the difference between seeking and pursue
is that seeking is while pursue is (obsolete|transitive) to follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.As a noun seeking
is the act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.As an adjective seeking
is (in combination) that seeks something specified.seeking
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* heat-seeking * self-seekingVerb
(head)- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
pursue
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(pursu)- The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued' me, they shall ' pursue you also.
- He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.
- Her rival pursued a quite different course.
- He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.