The difference between Suspect and Suspicious

When used as adjectives, suspect means viewed with suspicion, whereas suspicious means arousing suspicion.


Suspect is also noun with the meaning: a person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

Suspect is also verb with the meaning: to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

check bellow for the other definitions of Suspect and Suspicious

  1. Suspect as a verb (transitive):

    To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

    Examples:

    "to suspect the presence of disease"

  2. Suspect as a verb (transitive):

    To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

    Examples:

    "to suspect the truth of a story"

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  3. Suspect as a verb (transitive):

    To believe (someone) to be guilty.

    Examples:

    "I suspect him of being the thief."

  4. Suspect as a verb (intransitive):

    To have suspicion.

  5. Suspect as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To look up to; to respect.

  1. Suspect as a noun:

    A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

    Examples:

    "Round up the usual suspects.'' — ''Casablanca"

  1. Suspect as an adjective:

    Viewed with suspicion; suspected.

  2. Suspect as an adjective (nonstandard):

    Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

  1. Suspicious as an adjective (passive sense):

    Arousing suspicion.

    Examples:

    "His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police."

  2. Suspicious as an adjective (active sense):

    Distrustful or tending to suspect.

    Examples:

    "I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes."

  3. Suspicious as an adjective:

    Expressing suspicion

    Examples:

    "She gave me a suspicious look."