Seeking vs. Looking

Seeking vs. Looking — Is There a Difference?
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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 diamonds

Lookingnoun

(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 him

Seekingadjective

trying to obtain;

profit-seeking producerspeople seeking happiness

Lookingnoun

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