Curious vs Suspect - What's the Difference?

Curious

Suspect

Definitions

Definition as Noun
Definition as Noun
  • someone who is under suspicion
  • a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Definition as Verb
Definition as Verb
  • hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
  • regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
  • imagine to be the case or true or probable
Definition as Adjective
  • eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Definition as Adjective
  • not as expected

Examples

  • "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
  • "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  • "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"
  • "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
  • "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

Parts of Speech

Adjective
Adjective, Noun, Verb