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

  1. Examination as a noun:

    The act of examining.

  2. Examination as a noun:

    Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.

  3. Examination as a noun:

    A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks.

  4. Examination as a noun:

    Interrogation.

  1. Test as a noun:

    A challenge, trial.

  2. Test as a noun:

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

  3. Test as a noun (academia):

    An examination, given often during the academic term.

  4. 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.

  5. Test as a noun (cricket, normally “[[Test]]”):

    A Test match.

  6. Test as a noun (marine biology):

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

  7. Test as a noun (botany):

    Testa; seed coat.

  8. Test as a noun (obsolete):

    Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

  1. Test as a verb:

    To challenge.

    Examples:

    "Climbing the mountain tested our stamina."

  2. Test as a verb:

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

  3. 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"

  4. Test as a verb (academics):

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

  5. 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.

  6. Test as a verb (copulative):

    To be shown to be by test.

    Examples:

    "He tested positive for cancer."

  7. Test as a verb (chemistry):

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

    Examples:

    "to test a solution by litmus paper"

  1. Test as a noun (obsolete):

    A witness.

  1. Test as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

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

  2. Test as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To make a testament, or will.

  1. Test as a noun (informal, slang, body building):

    testosterone

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