different between inspect vs perceive

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

English

Alternative forms

• perceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English perceiven, borrowed from Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Latin percipi?, past participle perceptus (“take hold of, obtain, receive, observe”), from per (“by, through”) + capi? (“to take”); see capable. Compare conceive, deceive, receive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??si?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??siv/
• Rhymes: -i?v
• Hyphenation: per?ceive

Verb

perceive (third-person singular simple present perceives, present participle perceiving, simple past and past participle perceived)

1. (transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses or by thinking; to see; to understand.

Synonyms

• ken

Related terms

• perception
• percept

Translations

References

• perceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.