The difference between Number and Trial
When used as nouns, number means an abstract entity used to describe quantity, whereas trial means an opportunity to test something out.
When used as verbs, number means to label (items) with numbers, whereas trial means to carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
Trial is also adjective with the meaning: pertaining to a trial or test.
check bellow for the other definitions of Number and Trial
-
Number as a noun (countable):
An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
Examples:
"Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."
-
Number as a noun (countable):
A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
Examples:
"The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke."
-
Number as a noun (countable, mathematics):
A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.
Examples:
"The equation <math>e^{i\pi}+1=0</math> includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, <math>\pi</math>, <math>i</math>, and <math>e</math>."
-
Number as a noun (Followed by a [[numeral]]; used [[attributive]]ly):
Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
Examples:
"Horse number 5 won the race."
-
Number as a noun:
Quantity.
Examples:
"Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time."
-
Number as a noun:
A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
Examples:
"Her passport number is C01X864TN."
-
Number as a noun (countable, informal):
A telephone number.
-
Number as a noun (grammar):
Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
Examples:
"Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case."
-
Number as a noun (now, rare, in the plural):
Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
-
Number as a noun (countable):
A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
Examples:
"For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright"."
-
Number as a noun (countable, informal):
A person.
-
Number as a noun (countable, informal):
An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
-
Number as a noun (slang, chiefly, US):
A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
-
Number as a noun (dated):
An issue of a periodical publication.
Examples:
"the latest number of a magazine"
-
Number as a verb (transitive):
To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
Examples:
"Number the baskets so that we can find them easily."
-
Number as a verb (intransitive):
To total or count; to amount to.
Examples:
"I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands."
-
Number as an adjective:
-
Trial as a noun:
An opportunity to test something out; a test.
Examples:
"They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week."
-
Trial as a noun:
Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
-
Trial as a noun:
A difficult or annoying experience.
Examples:
"That boy was a trial to his parents."
-
Trial as a noun:
A tryout to pick members of a team.
Examples:
"soccer trials"
-
Trial as a noun (ceramics):
A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
-
Trial as a noun (UK):
An internal examination set by .
-
Trial as an adjective:
Pertaining to a trial or test.
-
Trial as an adjective:
Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
-
Trial as a verb:
To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
Examples:
"The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles."
-
Trial as a verb:
To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
Examples:
"The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results."
-
Trial as an adjective:
Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
-
Trial as an adjective:
Triple.
-
Trial as an adjective (grammar):
Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See for an example.)
Examples:
"No language has a trial number unless it has a dual."