Seeking vs. Looking
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Difference Between Seeking and Looking
Seekingnoun
The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
Lookingverb
as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
Seekingadjective
(in combination) That seeks something specified.
Lookingnoun
The act of one who looks; a glance.
Seekingnoun
the act of searching for something;
a quest for diamondsLookingnoun
(obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.
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Seekingnoun
an attempt to acquire or gain something
Lookingnoun
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually;
he went out to have a lookhis look was fixed on her eyeshe gave it a good looking athis camera does his looking for himSeekingadjective
trying to obtain;
profit-seeking producerspeople seeking happinessLookingnoun
the act of searching visually
Lookingadjective
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms;
left their clothes dirty lookinga most disagreeable looking characterangry-lookingliquid-lookingsevere-looking policemen on noble horsesfine-sounding phrasestaken in by high-sounding talk
