Question vs. Suspect — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Question and Suspect
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Question
A sentence, phrase, or gesture that seeks information through a reply.
Suspect
In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often use the word suspect as a jargon when referring to the perpetrator of the offense (perp in dated US slang).
Question
To ask a question or questions of (someone).
Suspect
To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence
I suspect they are very disappointed.
Question
To interrogate (a suspect, for example).
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Suspect
To have doubts about (something); distrust
I suspect his motives.
Question
To pose a question or questions regarding (something); analyze or examine
Researchers questioning which of the methods will work.
Suspect
To consider (a person) guilty without proof
The police suspect her of murder.
Question
To express doubt about; dispute
Questioned his sincerity.
Questioned the expense report.
Suspect
To have suspicion.
Question
To ask questions.
Suspect
One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.
Question
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
What is your question?
Suspect
Open to or viewed with suspicion
A suspect policy.
Suspect motives.
Question
A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
There was a question of which material to use.
Suspect
(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
To suspect the presence of disease
Question
A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
His claim to the property has come under question.
The story is true beyond question.
He obeyed without question.
Suspect
(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
To suspect the truth of a story
Question
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
I move that the question be put to a vote.
Suspect
(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
I suspect him of being the thief.
Question
Interrogation by torture.
Suspect
(intransitive) To have suspicion.
Question
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
Suspect
To look up to; to respect.
Question
(transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
Suspect
A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
Question
(transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
Suspect
Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
Question
(intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
Suspect
(nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.
Question
To argue; to converse; to dispute.
Suspect
Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.
Question
The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
Suspect
Suspected; distrusted.
What I can do or offer is suspect.
Question
Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
Suspect
Suspicion.
So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.
Question
Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.
He that was in question for the robbery. Shak.The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question.
Suspect
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
Question
That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
But this question askedPuts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ?
Suspect
To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; - commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more.
From her hand I could suspect no ill.
Question
Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.
Suspect
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
Question
Talk; conversation; speech; speech.
Suspect
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
Question
To ask questions; to inquire.
He that questioneth much shall learn much.
Suspect
To look up to; to respect.
Question
To argue; to converse; to dispute.
I pray you, think you question with the Jew.
Suspect
To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.
Question
To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.
Suspect
Someone who is under suspicion
Question
To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
And most we question what we most desire.
Suspect
A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Question
To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
Suspect
Imagine to be the case or true or probable;
I suspect he is a fugitive
I surmised that the butler did it
Question
To talk to; to converse with.
With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me.
Suspect
Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
Question
An instance of questioning;
There was a question about my training
We made inquiries of all those who were present
Suspect
Hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty;
The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
Question
The subject matter at issue;
The question of disease merits serious discussion
Under the head of minor Roman poets
Suspect
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
Question
A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply;
He asked a direct question
He had trouble phrasing his interrogations
Question
Uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something;
The dubiousness of his claim
There is no question about the validity of the enterprise
Question
A formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote;
He made a motion to adjourn
She called for the question
Question
An informal reference to a marriage proposal;
He was ready to pop the question
Question
Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of;
We must question your judgment in this matter
Question
Pose a series of questions to;
The suspect was questioned by the police
We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
Question
Pose a question
Question
Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
Question
Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation;
I wonder whether this was the right thing to do
She wondered whether it would snow tonight
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