Difference between Prosecute and Pursue

PROSECUTE vs PURSUE: NOUN

To institute and carry on a legal prosecution.
To follow after.
To initiate or conduct a criminal case against.
To initiate or conduct (a civil case or legal action).
To initiate or conduct legal proceedings regarding (an offense, for example).
To pursue (an undertaking, for example) until completion; continue to the very end.
To carry on, engage in, or practice (an occupation or business).
To chase or pursue (a vessel).

To strive to gain or accomplish.
To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase.
To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
To go in pursuit; to follow.
To continue to torment or afflict; haunt.
To court.
To engage in (a vocation or hobby, for example); practice.
To take action regarding (something), especially with the intention of sustained effort.
To proceed along the course of; follow.
To carry further; advance.

To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially.
To seek to obtain by legal process.
To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue.

Be involved in
To carry on a legal prosecution; act as a prosecutor before a legal tribunal.
Synonyms To follow out, persevere in.—2 . To arraign.
To proceed against or pursue by law: said of crimes.
To arraign before a court of justice for some crime or wrong; pursue for redress or punishment before a legal tribunal: as, to prosecute a man for trespass or for fraud.
In law: To seek to obtain by legal process: as, to prosecute a claim in a court of law.
To follow up; pursue with a view to attain or obtain; continue endeavors to accomplish or complete; pursue with continued purpose; carry on; follow up: as, to prosecute a scheme; to prosecute an undertaking.

To follow; proceed along; follow in action.
To follow with the view of overtaking; follow with haste; chase; hunt: as, to pursue a hare; to pursue a fleeing enemy.
To seek; seek to obtain: as, to pursue a remedy at law; to pursue pleasure.
To follow close upon; attend; be present with; accompany.
To follow vindictively or with enmity; persecute; treat with hostility; seek to injure.
To follow as a principle of action, profession, trade, or occupation; prosecute; practise systematically; carry on.
To follow up; continue; proceed with.
To endeavor; try.
Synonyms To track, hound.
To strive for.
To conduct, keep up, persist in.
To give chase; charge.
To seek; endeavor; try.
To go on; continue; proceed.
To sue; act as prosecutor; take legal steps as plaintiff or prosecutor.
Be involved in

Sanction, Adjudicate, Criminalize, Prosecutorial, Indictments, Penalize, Sue, Persecute, Convict, Prosecution, Punish, Prosecutions, Indict, Engage, Pursue

Embark, Fulfill, Devote, Pursuit, Explore, Proceed, Seek, Quest for, Quest after, Act on, Follow up on, Go after, Follow, Engage, Prosecute

Judgment, Trial, Judge, Indictment, Sanction, Adjudicate, Criminalize, Prosecutorial, Penalize, Persecute, Convict, Prosecution, Punish, Prosecutions, Pursue

Undertake, Achieve, Attain, Exploring, Investigate, Develop, Initiate, Consider, Embark, Devote, Explore, Seek, Quest for, Follow, Prosecute

District Attorney may prosecute those particular criminal actions?
The decision to prosecute is a serious step.
Police Department choose not to prosecute arrested defendants?
District Attorney shall appear and prosecute the case.
Would you prosecute women who abort their children?
Either a decision is made not to prosecute or a decision is made to prosecute.
Legal Division to prosecute administrative cases and with District and City Attorneys to prosecute criminal cases.
LICENSEE fails to prosecute the same at its own expense, and LICENSEE may decide to jointly prosecute such action with BCM.
It gave advice on when to prosecute and not prosecute cases.
Prosecute: Prosecute Human Trafficking Using All the Tools.

Ferdinand immediately decided to pursue her in marriage.
Is that something we many want to pursue?
Beyond those studies, students can pursue a Ph.
Larson did not pursue the John Hancock policies.
It provides scholarships to pursue an MBA course.
Claim FBI Asked Him To Pursue Maria Butina.
Will the lawsuit pursue damages for environmental destruction?
We are keen to pursue knowledge but sometimes we are too busy to pursue understanding, because understanding is often acquired through community.
Dispute you pursue at the same time you pursue a related Dispute with us.
We need to press on and pursue it the same way we pursue our earthly desires.