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.
Research
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, et cetera; laborious or continued search after truth.A particular instance or piece of research.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.to make an extensive investigation into.to search again.
Example sentence: Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.