questioning vs interrogation
interrogation vs questioningquestioning and interrogation both are nouns.
questioning is an adjective but interrogation is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| questioning | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| interrogation | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
interrogation is a hyponym of
questioning; that is, interrogation is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
questioning:
- questioning: a request for information
- interrogation: an instance of questioning
Other hyponyms of questioning include
challenge, enquiry, inquiry, query, question, examination, interrogatory.
| questioning (noun) | interrogation (noun) |
|---|---|
| a request for information | formal systematic questioning |
| a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | |
| an instance of questioning | |
| a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder |
| questioning (adjective) | interrogation (adjective) |
|---|---|
| showing curiosity | |
| marked by or given to doubt | |
| perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) |
Words related to "questioning"
Words related to "interrogation"
- catechism
- cross-examination
- cross-question
- debriefing
- deposition
- direct examination
- enquiry
- examination
- inquiring
- inquiry
- inquisition
- interrogate
- interrogative
- interrogative sentence
- interrogatory
- interview
- leading question
- query
- question
- questioning
- redirect examination
- reexamination
- sentence
- third degree
- transmission
- yes-no question
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