Trial vs. Pilot

Trial vs. Pilot — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Trial and Pilot

Trialnoun

An opportunity to test something out; a test.

They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.

Pilotnoun

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

Trialnoun

Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.

Pilotnoun

A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

Trialnoun

A difficult or annoying experience.

That boy was a trial to his parents.

Pilotnoun

A guide book for maritime navigation.

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Trialnoun

A tryout to pick members of a team.

soccer trials

Pilotnoun

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Trialnoun

(ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.

Pilotnoun

A pilot vehicle.

Trialnoun

(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.

Pilotnoun

A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.

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Trialadjective

Pertaining to a trial or test.

Pilotnoun

A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.

Trialadjective

Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Pilotnoun

Something serving as a test or trial.

We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.

Trialadjective

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

Pilotnoun

(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

Trialadjective

Triple.

Pilotnoun

(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

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.

Pilotnoun

(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.

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.

Pilotnoun

(rail transport) A cowcatcher.

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.

Pilotnoun

A pilot light.

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 trial

Pilotnoun

One who flies a kite.

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 trial

Pilotnoun

A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Trialnoun

(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications;

the trials for the semifinals began yesterday

Pilotadjective

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

a pilot run of the new factoryThe pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.

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 guilty

Pilotadjective

Used to control or activate another device.

a pilot light

Trialnoun

trying something to find out about it;

a sample for ten days free triala trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain

Pilotadjective

Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

a pilot vehicle

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 plague

Pilotverb

(transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).

Trialnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

he survived the great test of battlecandidates must compete in a trial of skill

Pilotverb

(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.

Pilotverb

(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)

Pilotnoun

someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

Pilotnoun

a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

Pilotnoun

a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

Pilotnoun

an original model on which something is patterned

Pilotnoun

small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

Pilotnoun

an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Pilotverb

fly a plane

Pilotverb

act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance;

Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?Who was navigating the ship during the accident?