different between research vs inquisition

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

English

Etymology

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kw??z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: in?qui?si?tion

Noun

inquisition (countable and uncountable, plural inquisitions)

1. an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter
   • 1552, Hugh Latimer, the first sermon upon the Lord's Prayer

     as I could learn through earnest inquisition
2. an inquest
3. a questioning
4. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.

   • The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)

Derived terms

• inquisition post mortem

Translations

Verb

inquisition (third-person singular simple present inquisitions, present participle inquisitioning, simple past and past participle inquisitioned)

1. (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

   • And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again

French

Etymology

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio

Pronunciation

Noun

inquisition f (plural inquisitions)

1. inquisition

References

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