examine vs appraise

appraise vs examine

examine and appraise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
examine	No	No	Yes	No
appraise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, appraise is a hyponym of examine; that is, appraise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than examine:

examine: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
appraise: consider in a comprehensive way

Other hyponyms of examine include anatomize, diagnose, name, diagnose, survey, survey, compare, check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out, assay, reexamine, review, audit, inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize, screen, follow, trace, investigate, look into, sieve, sift, consider, look at, view.

examine (verb)	appraise (verb)
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning	consider in a comprehensive way
question closely	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
question or examine thoroughly and closely
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

Difference between examine and appraise

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