What's the difference between a poll and survey?

Gordon Showes: i think a poll is just one question (ex: Ketchup or mustard?) and a survey has multiple questions (ex: Fav. color? Age?...)

Sheree Hipwell: i think a poll is two options like this or that. and a survey has like a bunch of random questions.

Rocio Karvis: a poll is like a general question or something that would be measured by percentagesex: apples or oranges ex: 1. what is your favorite food2. where are you now3. what color is the closest lamp to you ^^surveycatch my drift?...Show more

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Chadwick Schmelz: Friend,I give you the dictionary meanings of both , you may understand better then.POLL;poll1 â€"noun 1. a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis. 2. Usually, polls. the place where votes are taken. 3. the registering of votes, as at an election. 4. the voting at an election. 5. the number ! of votes cast. 6. the numerical result of the voting. 7. an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or voting. Then Survey;==============sur·vey â€"verb (used with object) 1. to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc. 2. to view in detail, esp. to inspect, examine, or appraise formally or officially in order to ascertain condition, value, etc. 3. to conduct a survey of or among: to survey TV viewers. 4. to determine the exact form, boundaries, position, extent, etc., of (a tract of land, section of a country, etc.) by linear and angular measurements and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry. â€"verb (used without object) 5. to survey land; practice surveying. â€"noun 6. an act or instance of surveying or of taking a comprehensive view of something: The course is a survey of Italian painting. 7. a formal or official examination of the particulars of something, made i! n order to ascertain condition, character, etc. 8. a statemen! t or description embodying the result of this: They presented their survey to the board of directors. 9. a sampling, or partial collection, of facts, figures, or opinions taken and used to approximate or indicate what a complete collection and analysis might reveal: The survey showed the percentage of the population that planned to vote. 10. the act of determining the exact form, boundaries, position, etc., as of a tract of land or section of a country, by linear measurements, angular measurements, etc. 11. the plan or description resulting from such an operation. 12. an agency for making determinations: U.S. Geological Survey. So my friend, I think Poll is a part of Survey and they are not the same words.that is what I think....Show more

Joie Libutti: A survey is taking data to represent the whole. A poll is used to take the sampling or attitudes of people.