Petition vs. Request — What's the Difference?

A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called supplication.

An act of asking politely or formally for something

A solemn supplication or request, especially to a superior authority; an entreaty.

Politely or formally ask for

A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.

To express a desire for, especially politely; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause

A formal written application seeking a court's intervention and action on a matter

To ask (a person) to do something

A pleading initiating a legal case in some civil courts

An act of asking for something.

Something requested or entreated

Something asked for

To address a petition to

To ask for (something).

To ask for by petition; request formally

(transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

To make a request, especially formally

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.

A formal message requesting something.

A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.

Condition of being sought after.

(legal) A formal written request for judicial action.

(networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.

(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.

(transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.

That which is asked for or requested.

A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; - in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.

A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.

To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.

To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

To make a petition or solicitation.

To address with a request; to ask.

A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Reverent petition to a deity

The verbal act of requesting

Write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

Express the need or desire for; ask for;

Ask (a person) to do something;

Inquire for (information);