different between questioning vs querying

English

Etymology

question +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?st???n??/
• Hyphenation: ques?tion?ing

Noun

questioning (plural questionings)

1. The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
2. The act of challenging, wondering and doubting.
3. Interrogation.

Derived terms

• line of questioning

Translations

Adjective

questioning (not generally comparable, comparative more questioning, superlative most questioning)

1. Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt or wonder.

2. (LGBT) Unsure of one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Verb

questioning

1. present participle of question

English

Verb

querying

1. present participle of query

Adjective

querying (not comparable)

1. Questioning, or prone to asking questions.

Noun

querying (plural queryings)

1. The act of making a query.
   • 1864, Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Notes, critical and explanatory, on the book of Genesis (page iii)

     God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school.