what is the difference between "seek" or "search" ?

Question

Can I use a verb seek in this way "makes me seek more rewarding and challenging environment"? Thank you

Answer 1

The main difference is that seek is a transitive verb, while search is an intransitive verb. So seek can take a direct object (eg. "I seek money"), while search can't - eg. you can't say "I search money", you have to add the word for - so "I search for money" would be correct.

In your example, you can definitely use seek, just don't forget to add the article "a" before "more rewarding and challenging environment." You could also use search, but you should add want to before search - Makes me want to search for a more rewarding and challenging environment. (It's more idiomatic that way, because the thing you're describing probably isn't physically making you "search for" a different environment).