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examine vs diagnose

diagnose vs examine

examine and diagnose both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
examine No No Yes No
diagnose No No Yes No
As verbs, diagnose is a hyponym of examine; that is, diagnose 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
  • diagnose: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
examine (verb) diagnose (verb)
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
question closely subject to a medical analysis
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 diagnose

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