different between nursing vs research

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?s??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??s??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s??
• Hyphenation: nurs?ing

Adjective

nursing (comparative more nursing, superlative most nursing)

1. In the state of suckling young, lactating.

2. Referring to nurses.

Translations

Noun

nursing (countable and uncountable, plural nursings)

1. Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
2. The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

Translations

Verb

nursing

1. present participle of nurse

Derived terms

• nursing bra

Anagrams

• unrings, urnings

English

Etymology

Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???s??t?/, /??i?.s??t?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?
• (US) IPA^(key): /??i.s?t?/, /?i?s?t?/

Noun

research (countable and uncountable, plural researches)

1. (uncountable, countable in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.

   The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people.

2. (countable, dated) A particular instance or piece of research.
   • 1747, The Scots magazine (volume 9, page 567)

     The first step I took in this so necessary a research, was to examine the motives, the justice, the necessity and expediency of the revolution […]

Synonyms

• investigation
• exploration
• examination
• study
• inquiry
• scrutiny

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• research octane number
• research paper
• recherche

Translations

Verb

research (third-person singular simple present researches, present participle researching, simple past and past participle researched)

1. (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
2. (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
3. (transitive) To search again.

Translations

References

• “research”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “research” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "research" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• reachers, searcher

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English research, from early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”). Forms a doublet with Dutch recherche, which is a direct borrowing from French.

Noun

research f (uncountable, diminutive researchje n)

1. research

Usage notes

The plural is very rare or non-existent.

Synonyms

• onderzoek, speurwerk, vorsing, navorsing