The difference between Examination and Test
When used as nouns, examination means the act of examining, whereas test means a challenge, trial.
Test is also verb with the meaning: to challenge.
check bellow for the other definitions of Examination and Test
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Examination as a noun:
The act of examining.
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Examination as a noun:
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
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Examination as a noun:
A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks.
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Examination as a noun:
Interrogation.
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Test as a noun:
A challenge, trial.
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Test as a noun:
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
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Test as a noun (academia):
An examination, given often during the academic term.
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Test as a noun:
A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
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Test as a noun (cricket, normally “[[Test]]”):
A Test match.
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Test as a noun (marine biology):
The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
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Test as a noun (botany):
Testa; seed coat.
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Test as a noun (obsolete):
Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
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Test as a verb:
To challenge.
Examples:
"Climbing the mountain tested our stamina."
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Test as a verb:
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
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Test as a verb:
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
Examples:
"to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument"
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Test as a verb (academics):
To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
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Test as a verb:
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
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Test as a verb (copulative):
To be shown to be by test.
Examples:
"He tested positive for cancer."
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Test as a verb (chemistry):
To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
Examples:
"to test a solution by litmus paper"
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Test as a noun (obsolete):
A witness.
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Test as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
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Test as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To make a testament, or will.
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Test as a noun (informal, slang, body building):
testosterone