Quest vs. Adventure
Questnoun
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
Adventurenoun
The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
Questnoun
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
‘to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.’;
Adventurenoun
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event
‘A life full of adventures.’;
Questnoun
(obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
Adventurenoun
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Questnoun
(obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
Adventurenoun
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things
‘his sense of adventure’;
Questnoun
(obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
Adventurenoun
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
Questverb
To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
Adventurenoun
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap
Questverb
To search for; to examine.
Adventurenoun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
Questverb
To locate and attach to a host animal.
Adventurenoun
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
Questnoun
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
‘Upon an hard adventure yet in quest.’; ‘Cease your quest of love.’; ‘There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.’;
Adventureverb
(transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
Questnoun
Request; desire; solicitation.
‘Gad not abroad at every quest and callOf an untrained hope or passion.’;
Adventureverb
(transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Questnoun
Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
‘The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.’;
Adventureverb
(intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Questnoun
Inquest; jury of inquest.
‘What lawful quest have given their verdict ?’;
Adventurenoun
That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
‘Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually.’;
Questverb
To search for; to examine.
Adventurenoun
Risk; danger; peril.
‘He was in great adventure of his life.’;
Questverb
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
‘If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.’;
Adventurenoun
The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
‘He loved excitement and adventure.’;
Questnoun
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
‘the pursuit of love’; ‘life is more than the pursuance of fame’; ‘a quest for wealth’;
Adventurenoun
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
Questnoun
the act of searching for something;
‘a quest for diamonds’;
Adventurenoun
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Questverb
make a search (for);
‘Things that die with their eyes open and questing’; ‘The animal came questing through the forest’;
Adventureverb
To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
‘He would not adventure himself into the theater.’;
Questverb
search the trail of (game);
‘The dog went off and quested’;
Adventureverb
To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
‘Yet they adventured to go back.’; ‘Discriminations might be adventured.’;
Questverb
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
Adventureverb
To try the chance; to take the risk.
‘I would adventure for such merchandise.’;
Questverb
seek alms, as for religious purposes
Adventurenoun
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
Questverb
express the need or desire for; ask for;
‘She requested an extra bed in her room’; ‘She called for room service’;
Adventureverb
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;
‘When you buy these stocks you are gambling’;
Quest
A quest is a journey toward a specific mission or a goal. The word serves as a plot device in mythology and fiction: a difficult journey towards a goal, often symbolic or allegorical.
Adventureverb
put at risk;
‘I will stake my good reputation for this’;
Adventurenoun
an unusual and exciting or daring experience
‘her recent adventures in Italy’;
Adventurenoun
excitement associated with danger or the taking of risks
‘she travelled the world in search of adventure’;
Adventurenoun
a reckless or potentially hazardous action or enterprise
‘in any military adventure, the first casualty is truth’;
Adventurenoun
a commercial venture
‘I sold my East India adventure of £250 principal for £750’;
Adventureverb
engage in daring or risky activity
‘they had adventured into the forest’;
Adventureverb
put (one's money or life) at risk
‘he adventured £300 in the purchase of land’;
Adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience that is typically bold, sometimes risky or undertaking. Adventures may be activities with some potential for physical danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting or participating in extreme sports.
