different between exploration vs inquest

English

Etymology

From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratioMorphologically explore +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?ks’pl?r??sh?n, IPA^(key): /??kspl???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)

1. The process of exploring.
2. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

   The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.

3. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
4. A physical examination of a patient.

Related terms

• explorative
• exploratory
• explorer

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spl?.?a.sj??/

Noun

exploration f (plural explorations)

1. exploration

Derived terms

• exploration de données

Related terms

• explorateur m
• exploratif

Further reading

• “exploration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) enquest

Etymology

From Middle English enquest, from Old French enqueste (Modern French enquête), from Vulgar Latin inquirere, or from Medieval Latin inquesta < in + Latin quaesita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kw?st/

Noun

inquest (plural inquests)

1. A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
2. An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
3. The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
4. (rare, obsolete) enquiry; quest; search

   • the laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science

Synonyms

• inquisition

Related terms

• inquisitor
• inquisition

Translations

Anagrams

• questin