different between inquest vs analysis

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

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análusis), from ?????? (analú?, “I unravel, investigate”), from ???- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + ??? (lú?, “I loosen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??næl?s?s/, /??næl?s?s/
• Hyphenation: anal?y?sis

Noun

analysis (countable and uncountable, plural analyses)

1. (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).
2. (countable) The result of such a process.

   • Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher], since English is closer to
     the Head Noun teacher, it must be a Complement; and since French is further
     away from teacher, it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that
     the only possible interpretation for [a French English teacher] is ‘a person who
     teaches English who is French?. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi-
     bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support.

3. (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
   • 2014, Lara Alcock, How to Think about Analysis, Oxford University Press, [1].

   Synonym: mathematical analysis

4. (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
5. (countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
6. (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
7. (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.

Antonyms

• synthesis

Hyponyms

• cryptanalysis
• psychoanalysis

Derived terms

Related terms

• analyse, analyze
• analyst
• analyte
• analytic

Translations

See also

• List of terms used in mathematical analysis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (análusis), from ?????? (analú?, “I unravel, investigate”), from ??? (aná, “on, up”) + ??? (lú?, “I loosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?na.ly.sis/, [ä?näl?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?na.li.sis/, [??n??lis?is]

Noun

analysis f (genitive analysis or analyse?s or analysios); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, mathematics) analysis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants