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Suggestion vs Questioning - What's the difference?

suggestion | questioning |

As nouns the difference between suggestion and questioning

is that suggestion is (countable) something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for ) while questioning is the action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.

As an adjective questioning is

characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt or wonder.

As a verb questioning is

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suggestion

English

(wikipedia suggestion)

Noun

  • (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
    • I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
    Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
  • (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
    • Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
  • (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
    • He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

    Synonyms

    * (something suggested) proposal * See also

    Derived terms

    * autosuggestion * hypnotic suggestion * power of suggestion * suggestion box

    Related terms

    * suggest * suggestive

    questioning

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
  • The act of challenging, wondering and doubting.
  • Interrogation

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt or wonder.

    • Verb

    (head)