Question vs. Suspect

Questionnoun

A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.

‘What is your question?’;

Suspectverb

(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

‘to suspect the presence of disease’;

Questionnoun

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.’;

Suspectverb

(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

‘to suspect the truth of a story’;

Questionnoun

A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.

‘His claim to the property has come under question.’; ‘The story is true beyond question.’; ‘He obeyed without question.’;

Suspectverb

(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

‘I suspect him of being the thief.’;

Questionnoun

A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.

‘I move that the question be put to a vote.’;

Suspectverb

(intransitive) To have suspicion.

Questionnoun

Interrogation by torture.

Suspectverb

To look up to; to respect.

Questionnoun

(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.

‘Made she no verbal question? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606’;

Suspectnoun

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

Questionverb

To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.

Suspectadjective

Viewed with suspicion; suspected.

Questionverb

To raise doubts about; have doubts about.

Suspectadjective

(nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Questionverb

(obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

Suspectadjective

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

‘Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.’;

Questionnoun

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

Suspectadjective

Suspected; distrusted.

‘What I can do or offer is suspect.’;

Questionnoun

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.’;

Suspectnoun

Suspicion.

‘So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.’;

Questionnoun

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.’;

Suspectnoun

One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

Questionnoun

That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.

‘But this question askedPuts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ?’;

Suspectverb

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.’;

Questionnoun

Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.

Suspectverb

To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

Questionnoun

Talk; conversation; speech; speech.

Suspectverb

To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

Questionverb

To ask questions; to inquire.

‘He that questioneth much shall learn much.’;

Suspectverb

To look up to; to respect.

Questionverb

To argue; to converse; to dispute.

‘I pray you, think you question with the Jew.’;

Suspectverb

To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

‘If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.’;

Questionverb

To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.

Suspectnoun

someone who is under suspicion

Questionverb

To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.

‘And most we question what we most desire.’;

Suspectnoun

a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

Questionverb

To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.

Suspectverb

imagine to be the case or true or probable;

‘I suspect he is a fugitive’; ‘I surmised that the butler did it’;

Questionverb

To talk to; to converse with.

‘With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me.’;

Suspectverb

regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

Questionnoun

an instance of questioning;

‘there was a question about my training’; ‘we made inquiries of all those who were present’;

Suspectverb

hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty;

‘The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks’;

Questionnoun

the subject matter at issue;

‘the question of disease merits serious discussion’; ‘under the head of minor Roman poets’;

Suspectadjective

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’;

Questionnoun

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply;

‘he asked a direct question’; ‘he had trouble phrasing his interrogations’;

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).

Questionnoun

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’;

Questionnoun

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’;

Questionnoun

an informal reference to a marriage proposal;

‘he was ready to pop the question’;

Questionverb

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of;

‘We must question your judgment in this matter’;

Questionverb

pose a series of questions to;

‘The suspect was questioned by the police’; ‘We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion’;

Questionverb

pose a question

Questionverb

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

Questionverb

place in doubt or express doubtful speculation;

‘I wonder whether this was the right thing to do’; ‘she wondered whether it would snow tonight’;