Difference between Inquiry and Query

Inquiry

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

Example sentence: Schiff has pre-scripted a televised production titled 'The Impeachment Inquiry Against President Trump.' The story would likely be deemed too absurd and too boring to make it onto the silver screen as a drama, though it might succeed as a comedic farce - too silly to be taken seriously.

Query

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ask, inquire.To ask a question.To question or call into doubt.To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A question or inquiry.A set of instructions passed to a database.