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examine vs take stock

take stock vs examine

examine and take stock both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
examine No No Yes No
take stock No No Yes No
As verbs, take stock is a hyponym of examine; that is, take stock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than examine:
  • examine: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
  • take stock: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
examine (verb) take stock (verb)
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
question closely make or include in an itemized record or report
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 take stock

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