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.

Wikipedia
  • 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).

Wiktionary

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