Pursue vs. Chase — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pursue and Chase
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Definitions
Pursue➦
Follow or chase (someone or something)
A heavily indebted businessman was being pursued by creditors
The officer pursued the van
Chase➦
Pursue in order to catch or catch up with
The dog chased after the stick
Police chased the stolen car through the city
Pursue➦
Continue or proceed along (a path or route)
The road pursued a straight course over the scrubland
Chase➦
Drive or cause to go in a specified direction
She chased him out of the house
Pursue➦
To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase
A fox that was pursued by hounds.
Chase➦
Try to obtain (something owed or required)
The company employs people to chase up debts
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Pursue➦
To strive to gain or accomplish
Pursue lofty political goals.
Chase➦
Engrave (metal, or a design on metal)
A miniature container with a delicately chased floral design
Pursue➦
To proceed along the course of; follow
A ship that pursued the southern course.
Chase➦
An act of pursuing someone or something
They captured the youths after a brief chase
Pursue➦
To carry further; advance
Let's not pursue this argument.
Chase➦
(in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time.
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Pursue➦
To take action regarding (something), especially with the intention of sustained effort
A detective who pursued each lead.
Chase➦
The part of a gun enclosing the bore.
Pursue➦
To engage in (a vocation or hobby, for example); practice.
Chase➦
A groove or furrow cut in the face of a wall or other surface to receive a pipe or wire.
Pursue➦
To try to have a romantic relationship with
A lady who was pursued by many suitors.
Chase➦
To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue
The police officers chased the thief. The dog chased the cat across the yard.
Pursue➦
To continue to torment or afflict; haunt
Was pursued by the demons of lust and greed.
Chase➦
To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt
Chase foxes.
Pursue➦
To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase.
Chase➦
To seek the favor or company of persistently
Chased me until I agreed to a date.
Pursue➦
To take action regarding something or carry on an established activity or project.
Chase➦
To put to flight; drive
She chased the rabbits from the garden.
Pursue➦
(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
Pursue one's dreams
Chase➦
To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.
Pursue➦
(transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
Her rival pursued a quite different course.
Chase➦
To swing at and miss (a pitch, especially one out of the strike zone).
Pursue➦
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
Chase➦
To go or follow in pursuit
My friends and I chased after the loose dog.
Pursue➦
(transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
Chase➦
(Informal) To go hurriedly; rush
Chased all over looking for us.
Pursue➦
(intransitive) To act as a legal prosecutor.
Chase➦
To groove; indent.
Pursue➦
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
We happiness pursue; we fly from pain.
The happiness of men lies in purswing,Not in possessing.
Chase➦
To cut (the thread of a screw).
Pursue➦
To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
The fame of ancient matrons you pursue.
Chase➦
To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
Pursue➦
To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
Chase➦
The act of chasing; pursuit
The police arrested the driver after a wild chase.
Pursue➦
To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
Chase➦
The hunting of game
The thrill of the chase.
Pursue➦
To follow as an example; to imitate.
Chase➦
Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry
The hunters drove their chase into the open.
Pursue➦
To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also.
Chase➦
A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.
Pursue➦
To go in pursuit; to follow.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition.
Chase➦
The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.
Pursue➦
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider.
Chase➦
A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
Pursue➦
To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
Chase➦
A groove cut in an object; a slot
The chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
Pursue➦
Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;
She pursued many activities
They engaged in a discussion
Chase➦
A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.
Pursue➦
Follow in or as if in pursuit;
The police car pursued the suspected attacker
Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
Chase➦
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
Pursue➦
Go in search of or hunt for;
Pursue a hobby
Chase➦
The cavity of a mold.
Pursue➦
Carry further or advance;
Can you act on this matter soon?
Chase➦
The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
Chase➦
A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
Chase➦
(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
Chase➦
(British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
Chase➦
Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
Chase➦
(obsolete) A wild animal that is hunted.
Chase➦
(nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
Chase➦
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
Chase➦
(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
Chase➦
(cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
Chase➦
(music) A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.
Chase➦
(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
Chase➦
A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
Chase➦
(architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
Chase➦
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
Chase➦
The cavity of a mold.
Chase➦
(shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
Chase➦
(transitive) To pursue.
Chase➦
(transitive) To follow at speed.
Chase➦
(transitive) To hunt.
Chase➦
(transitive) To seek to attain.
The team are chasing their first home win this season.
Chase➦
(transitive) To seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.
He spends all his free time chasing girls.
Chase➦
To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
Chase➦
(transitive) To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
I need something to chase this shot with.
Chase➦
To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.
Chase➦
To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
Chase➦
To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
The rally chased the starter.
Chase➦
(transitive) To groove; indent.
Chase➦
(transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
Chase the pipe
Chase➦
(transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
Chase➦
(transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
Chase➦
To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
We are those which chased you from the field.
Philologists, who chaseA panting syllable through time and place.
Chase➦
To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; - often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.
Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place.
Chase➦
To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
Chasing each other merrily.
Chase➦
To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
Chase➦
To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
Chase➦
To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
Chase➦
Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.
You see this chase is hotly followed.
Chase➦
That which is pursued or hunted.
Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,For I myself must hunt this deer to death.
Chase➦
An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace.
Chase➦
A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.
Chase➦
A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
Chase➦
The part of a cannon from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
Chase➦
A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
Chase➦
A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
Chase➦
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
Chase➦
Go after with the intent to catch;
The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
The dog chased the rabbit
Chase➦
Pursue someone sexually or romantically
Chase➦
Cut a groove into;
Chase silver
Chase➦
Cut a furrow into a columns