What is the difference between look up and look for?

"Look-up" is used when you are looking for written information regarding a simple meaning or research. For example, Look this word up in the dictionary. It requires searching some form of literature, academic or non academic. "Look for" will mostly relate to ooking for something physical. For example, "can you look for my glasses". It is possible to "llok for" something physical on a computer using writing etc when you are shopping online for clothes, cars or even insurance. I hope that is clear.

"Look up" generally means to search for information or to consult a reference source, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia. It can also mean to raise one's gaze or head to look at something that is above or higher than one's current position. "Look for" generally means to search for someone or something. It can also mean to try to find or locate something, often by searching through a collection of things. So, in short: "look up" = search for information or consult a reference "look for" = search for someone or something and try to find it.

If you don't know the meaning of a word, you "look it up" in a dictionary. If you want to know wen Marco Polo was born - you "look it up online". Look up ~ check information. ********** You use "look for" when you need to find something. If you can't find your keys - you need to look for them (try to find). If you need to find an English teacher - you say "I am looking for an English teacher" :) Hope that helps!

Look up in a book (for information) Look for someone (something physical)

"Look up" means to search for information or to find the definition of a word in a reference book or online source. For example, "I need to look up the definition of this word." "Look for" means to search for something that is missing or lost. For example, "I need to look for my keys, I can't find them."

these phrasal verbs have many meaning but to give the right one you should give them in context. here is one meaning: look up means to become better or another meaning is trying to find a piece of information in a dictionary. look for means the act of looking something virtually.

Look up is for something abstract like a word in the dictionary. While look for is for something touchable

Hi. Look up means find something in some written source ( dictionary) eg look up the word in a dictionary. Look for means trying to find something or something. I am looking for my laptop. Do you know where it might be?

Do you know the difference now or do you still have some doubts?