Inquiry vs. Quote — What's the Difference?

An inquiry (also spelled as enquiry in British English) is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.

Repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person)

The act of inquiring

Give someone (the estimated price of a job or service)

A question; a query

Give (a company) a quotation or listing on a stock exchange

A close examination of a matter

A quotation from a text or speech

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

A quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service

Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation

A quotation or listing of a company on a stock exchange.

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Quotation marks

Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source

A search for knowledge;

To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source)

An instance of questioning;

To cite or refer to for illustration or proof

A systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from

To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.

To give a quotation, as from a book.

A quotation.

A quotation mark.

Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation

A dictum; a saying.

A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.

A quotation mark.

A summary of work to be done with a set price.

A price set for a financial security or commodity.

(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.

To name the current price, notably of a financial security.

(intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.

(archaic) To observe, to take account of.

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

To name the current price of.

To notice; to observe; to examine.

To set down, as in writing.

A note upon an author.

A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

A passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Repeat a passage from;

Name the price of;

Refer to for illustration or proof;

Put quote marks around;