diagnostic vs inquisitive

diagnostic

adj
  • Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught. 

  • Characteristic of a particular disease. 

  • Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things. 

  • Of, or relating to diagnosis. 

noun
  • Any technique used in medical diagnosis. 

  • That by which anything is known; a symptom. 

  • Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem. 

inquisitive

adj
  • Eager to acquire knowledge. 

  • Too curious; overly interested; nosy. 

How often have the words diagnostic and inquisitive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )