different between inquiry vs review

English

Alternative forms

• enquiry

Etymology

From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inqu?r?. Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?kwa???i/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?kwa?(?)?i/, /??nkw??i/, /???-/
• Hyphenation: in?qui?ry
• Rhymes: -a??ri

Noun

inquiry (countable and uncountable, plural inquiries)

1. The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
2. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation

Derived terms

• line of inquiry

Usage notes

According to Fowler's Modern English Usage (1926), inquiry should be used in relation to a formal inquest, and enquiry to the act of questioning. Many (though not all) British writers maintain this distinction; the Oxford English Dictionary, in its entry not updated since 1900, lists inquiry and enquiry as equal alternatives, in that order. Some British dictionaries, such as Chambers 21st Century Dictionary [1], present the two spellings as interchangeable variants in the general sense, but prefer inquiry for the "formal inquest" sense. In Australian English, inquiry represents a formal inquest (such as a government investigation) while enquiry is used in the act of questioning (eg: the customer enquired about the status of his loan application). Both spellings are current in Canadian English, where enquiry is often associated with scholarly or intellectual research. (See Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, p. 282.)

American English usually uses inquiry.

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References

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

English

Alternative forms

• re-view (rare for noun, obsolete for verb)

Etymology

From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revide?, from re- +vide? (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- +? view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vju?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Noun

review (plural reviews)

1. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

2. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
   • 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 54.

     The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!

3. (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

4. A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

   Synonym: revue

5. A survey of the available items or material.

6. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.

7. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.

8. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

Derived terms

• board of review
• capsule review
• judicial review

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Verb

review (third-person singular simple present reviews, present participle reviewing, simple past and past participle reviewed)

1. To survey; to look broadly over.

2. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
3. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
4. (transitive, US, Canada) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
5. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
   • 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene iv, in The Works of Mr. William Shake?pear; in Eight Volumes, volume II (1709), page 954:

     Cam[illo]   What I do next, ?hall be next to tell the King // Of this E?cape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ?hall ?o prevail, // To force him after: in who?e company // I ?hall review Sicilia; for who?e ?ight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.

6. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
   • 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), Homer (author), Odyssey, book III, lines 127–128, in The Ody??ey of Homer, volume I (1760), page 113:

     Shall I the long, laborious ?cene review, // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?

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See also

Related terms

• reviewer
• reviewability
• medireview
• rereview

See also

• retrospect
• revise (v.)

Anagrams

• viewer