Trial vs. Cross
Difference Between Trial and Cross
Trialnoun
An opportunity to test something out; a test.
They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.Crossnoun
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.Trialnoun
Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
Crossnoun
(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
Trialnoun
A difficult or annoying experience.
That boy was a trial to his parents.Crossnoun
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.Trialnoun
A tryout to pick members of a team.
soccer trialsCrossnoun
(usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
Trialnoun
(ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
Crossnoun
(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
She made the cross after swearing.Trialnoun
(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.
Crossnoun
(Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
She was wearing a cross on her necklace.Trialadjective
Pertaining to a trial or test.
Crossnoun
(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
It's a cross I must bear.Trialadjective
Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
Crossnoun
The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
A quick cross of the road.Trialadjective
Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
Crossnoun
(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
Trialadjective
Triple.
Crossnoun
(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
Trialadjective
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.)
No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.Crossnoun
(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
Trialverb
To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.Crossnoun
(football) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
Trialverb
To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.Crossnoun
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
Trialnoun
(law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal;
most of these complaints are settled before they go to trialCrossnoun
A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
Trialnoun
the act of testing something;
in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separatelyhe called each flip of the coin a new trialCrossnoun
(obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
Trialnoun
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications;
the trials for the semifinals began yesterdayCrossnoun
Church lands.
Trialnoun
(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law;
he had a fair trial and the jury found him guiltyCrossnoun
A line drawn across or through another line.
Trialnoun
trying something to find out about it;
a sample for ten days free triala trial of progesterone failed to relieve the painCrossnoun
(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
Trialnoun
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;
his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for himlife is full of tribulationsa visitation of the plagueCrossnoun
A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
Trialnoun
the act of undergoing testing;
he survived the great test of battlecandidates must compete in a trial of skillCrossnoun
(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
Crossnoun
(cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
Crossadjective
Transverse; lying across the main direction.
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.Crossadjective
(archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.Crossadjective
Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
Crossadjective
Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.Crossadjective
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
cross interrogatoriescross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each otherCrosspreposition
(archaic) across
She walked cross the mountains.Crosspreposition
cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.Crossverb
To make or form a cross.
Crossverb
To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
She frowned and crossed her arms.Crossverb
To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
to cross the letter tCrossverb
To mark with an X.
Cross the box which applies to you.Crossverb
To write lines at right angles.W
Crossverb
To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
Crossverb
To move relatively.
Crossverb
(transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
Why did the chicken cross the road?You need to cross the street at the lights.Crossverb
(intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.Crossverb
(transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
Crossverb
(sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.
Crossverb
(social) To oppose.
Crossverb
(transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.Crossverb
To interfere and cut off; to debar.
Crossverb
(legal) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
Crossverb
(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.Crossverb
To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
Crossnoun
a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
Crossnoun
marking consisting of crossing lines
Crossnoun
a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry
Crossnoun
any affliction that causes great suffering;
that is his cross to bearhe bears his afflictions like a crown of thornsCrossnoun
an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;
a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkeyCrossnoun
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Crossverb
travel across or pass over;
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each dayCrossverb
meet at a point
Crossverb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surgefoil your opponentCrossverb
fold so as to resemble a cross;
she crossed her legsCrossverb
to cover or extend over an area or time period;
Rivers traverse the valley floorThe parking lot spans 3 acresThe novel spans three centuriesCrossverb
meet and pass;
the trains crossedCrossverb
trace a line through or across;
cross your `t'Crossverb
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;
cross a horse and a donkeyMendel tried crossbreedingthese species do not interbreedCrossadjective
extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis;
cross members should be all steelfrom the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefullytransversal vibrationstransverse colonCrossadjective
perversely irritable
