Query vs. Enquire: What's the Difference?
Query and Enquire Definitions
Query
A question; an inquiry.
Enquire
Variant of inquire.
Query
A doubt in the mind; a mental reservation.
Enquire
(intransitive) To make an enquiry.
He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.
Query
A notation, usually a question mark, calling attention to an item in order to question its validity or accuracy.
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Enquire
To ask about (something).
Query
To express doubt or uncertainty about; question
Query someone's motives.
Enquire
See Inquire.
Query
To put a question to (a person).
Enquire
Inquire about;
I asked about their special today
He had to ask directions several times
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Query
To mark (an item) with a notation in order to question its validity or accuracy.
Enquire
Conduct an inquiry or investigation of;
The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
Inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
Query
A question, an inquiry US, an enquiry UK.
The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
Enquire
Have a wish or desire to know something;
He wondered who had built this beautiful church
Query
A question mark.
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Query
A set of instructions passed to a database.
The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
Query
(intransitive) To ask a question.
Query
(transitive) To ask, inquire.
Query
(transitive) To question or call into doubt.
Query
To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
Query
To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
Query
To send out a query letter.
Query
A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others.
Query
A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
Query
An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
Query
To ask questions; to make inquiry.
Each prompt to query, answer, and debate.
Query
To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
Query
To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.
Query
To address questions to; to examine by questions.
Query
To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
Query
To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære.
Query
An instance of questioning;
There was a question about my training
We made inquiries of all those who were present
Query
Pose a question
