different between contemplate vs inspect

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contempl?tus, from contemplari (“observe, survey”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?m?ple?t/
• Hyphenation: con?tem?plate

Verb

contemplate (third-person singular simple present contemplates, present participle contemplating, simple past and past participle contemplated)

1. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
2. To consider as a possibility.
   • 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives:

     There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.

   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder
• (look at): examine

Derived terms

• contemplative

Related terms

• contemplation

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “contemplate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Italian

Verb

contemplate

1. second-person plural present indicative of contemplare
2. second-person plural imperative of contemplare
3. feminine plural of contemplato

Anagrams

• completante

Latin

Participle

contempl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of contempl?tus

English

Alternative forms

• enspect (rare)

Etymology

From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + spicere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- +? -spect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sp?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

inspect (third-person singular simple present inspects, present participle inspecting, simple past and past participle inspected)

1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

2. To view and examine officially.

Derived terms

• inspector
• inspection

Translations

Anagrams

• incepts, pectins, peincts