Research vs Investigations – What’s the difference?

Research vs Investigations - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between research and investigations is that research is (uncountable) diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc; laborious or continued search after truth while investigations is .

As a verb research is to search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

research

English

(wikipedia research )

Noun

(uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.

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(countable) A particular instance or piece of research.

* Macaulay

The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.

* 1747 , The Scots magazine (volume 9, page 567)

The first step I took in this so necessary a research , was to examine the motives, the justice, the necessity and expediency of the revolution

Synonyms

* researches
* investigation
* exploration
* examination
* study
* inquiry
* scrutiny

Derived terms

* desk research
* empirical research
* field research
* historical research
* primary research
* proresearch
* qualitative research
* quantitative research
* scientific research
* secondary research

Verb

(es)

To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

To make an extensive investigation into.

To search again.

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Anagrams

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* reachers
* re-search

investigations

English

Noun

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