Inquiry vs. Query: What’s the Difference?

• Inquiry

  An inquiry is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.

• Inquiry (noun)

  The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

• Inquiry (noun)

  Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation

  “Scientific inquiry”

• Query (noun)

  A question, an inquiry US, an enquiry UK.

  “The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.”

• Query (noun)

  A question mark.

• Query (noun)

  A set of instructions passed to a database.

  “The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.”

• Query (verb)

  To ask a question.

• Query (verb)

  To ask, inquire.

• Query (verb)

  To question or call into doubt.

• Query (verb)

  To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.

• Query (verb)

  To send a private message to (a user on IRC).

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