Trial vs. Test

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

Trialnoun

An opportunity to test something out; a test.

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

Testnoun

A challenge, trial.

Trialnoun

Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.

Testnoun

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Trialnoun

A difficult or annoying experience.

That boy was a trial to his parents.

Testnoun

(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

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Trialnoun

A tryout to pick members of a team.

soccer trials

Testnoun

A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

Trialnoun

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

Testnoun

A Test match.

Trialnoun

(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.

Testnoun

(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.

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Trialadjective

Pertaining to a trial or test.

Testnoun

(botany) Testa; seed coat.

Trialadjective

Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Testnoun

(obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Trialadjective

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

Testnoun

(obsolete) A witness.

Trialadjective

Triple.

Testnoun

testosterone

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.

Testverb

To challenge.

Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.

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.

Testverb

To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

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.

Testverb

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument

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

Testverb

(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

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

Testverb

To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.

Trialnoun

(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications;

the trials for the semifinals began yesterday

Testverb

(copulative) To be shown to be by test.

He tested positive for cancer.

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

Testverb

(chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

to test a solution by litmus paper

Trialnoun

trying something to find out about it;

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

Testverb

To attest (a document) legally, and date it.

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

Testverb

To make a testament, or will.

Trialnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

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

Testnoun

any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc;

the test was standardized on a large sample of students

Testnoun

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

Testnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

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

Testnoun

trying something to find out about it;

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

Testnoun

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge;

when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions

Testnoun

a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

Testverb

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

This approach has been tried with good resultsTest this recipe

Testverb

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;

screen the blood for the HIV virus

Testverb

examine someone's knowledge of something;

The teacher tests us every weekWe got quizzed on French irregular verbs

Testverb

show a certain characteristic when tested;

He tested positive for HIV

Testverb

achieve a certain score or rating on a test;

She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools

Testverb

determine the presence or properties of (a substance)

Testverb

undergo a test;

She doesn't test well