different between interview vs inquiry

English

Etymology

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt?vju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt?vju?/

Noun

interview (plural interviews)

1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
3. A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]

4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]

5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• exit interview
• job interview

Descendants

• ? Esperanto: intervjuo
• ? French: interview
• ? German: Interview
• Italian: intervista
• ? Japanese: ??????
• ? Korean: ??? (inteobyu)
• Lithuanian: interviu
• ? Malay: interviu
• Portuguese: entrevista
• Romanian: interviu
• ? Russian: ????????? (interv?jú)
• Spanish: entrevista

Translations

Verb

interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

1. (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.

   He interviewed the witness.

   The witness was interviewed.

2. (intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
   • 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25

     When she interviewed with Microsoft in August, she overlooked a small cut in salary and asked about long-term career opportunities — and quality of life.

Derived terms

• interviewee
• interviewer

Translations

References

• interview in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interview in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

interview n

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• interview in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• interview in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?r?vju/

Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Verb

interview

1. first-person singular present indicative of interviewen
2. imperative of interviewen

Related terms

• interviewen
• herinterviewen
• interviewer
• interviewster
• geïnterviewde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.vju/, /in.t??.vju/

Noun

interview f (plural interviews)

1. interview (by a journalist)

Derived terms

• interviewer

Related terms

• entrevue

Further reading

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

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.

Translations

References

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