Quire vs. Inquire — What's the Difference?

Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.

Another term for enquire

A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream.

To seek information by asking a question

A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.

To make an inquiry or investigation

Variant of choir.

To ask, especially politely or formally

One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.

To ask questions about (something); investigate or analyze

(bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.

To ask (about something).

A book, poem, or pamphlet.

(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.

(archaic) A choir.

To call; to name.

One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

(bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knowledge; to make examination.

(intransitive) To sing in concert.

To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.

See Choir.

To call or name.

A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.

Inquire about;

To sing in concert.

Have a wish or desire to know something;

A quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

Conduct an inquiry or investigation of;