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examine vs look into

look into vs examine

examine and look into both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
examine No No Yes No
look into No No Yes No
As verbs, look into is a hyponym of examine; that is, look into 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
  • look into: examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Other hyponyms of examine include anatomize, diagnose, name, diagnose, appraise, survey, survey, compare, check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, suss out, assay, reexamine, review, audit, inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize, screen, follow, trace, investigate, sieve, sift, consider, look at, view.
As verbs, look into is a hypernym of examine; that is, look into is a word with a broader meaning than examine:
  • examine: question or examine thoroughly and closely
  • look into: investigate scientifically
Other hypernyms of examine include investigate.
examine (verb) look into (verb)
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
question closely investigate scientifically
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
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