Timeline for "Suspect someone" VS "Be suspicious of someone"
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Nov 17, 2020 at 12:42 | vote | accept | A-friend | ||
| Nov 15, 2020 at 14:03 | answer | added | Colin Fine | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 15, 2020 at 13:41 | answer | added | mdewey | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:37 | comment | added | Weather Vane | No, it's not about degree of possibility: Sam is on a list of suspects at the police station who could have committed the crime: they suspect him. But the police might be suspicious of someone who has not done anything wrong, but are 100% certain that it is only a matter of time before it happens. Or a 1% percent possibility: they just don't trust him. Or they might see someone coming out of the back door of a bank and are suspicious, but no crime is yet known to have been committed, so there is nothing to suspect. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:33 | comment | added | A-friend | Thank you very much @WeatherVane. I think I got the point. The key factor is that the amount of doubt involved in any case. If there is a 50/50 possibility, you are suspicious of..., while if you are positive or think that a wrong doing is almost certainly true, then you suspect. Do you confirm my take on your statements? | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:22 | comment | added | Dhanishtha Ghosh | Does this answer your question? | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:11 | comment | added | Weather Vane | The police think Sam committed the crime, so they suspect him. If they think he might do something wrong, they are suspicious of him. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:09 | comment | added | A-friend | May I ask you to elaborate on your point @WeatherVane? | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:00 | comment | added | Weather Vane | More likely, the victim would have been suspicious of Sam. Saying that of the police makes me think that Sam might steal their lunch boxes. If you are suspicious of someone, you distrust them. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 19:27 | history | asked | A-friend | CC BY-SA 4.0 |