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Assessment vs Ordeal - What's the difference?

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Assessment is a related term of ordeal.


As nouns the difference between assessment and ordeal

is that assessment is the act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed while ordeal is a painful or trying experience.

assessment

English

Noun

(wikipedia assessment) (en noun)
  • The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
  • An appraisal or evaluation.
  • ordeal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A painful or trying experience.
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  • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Arsène Wenger confessed: "The result was not an accurate indication of the match." Certainly, at half-time it seemed unlikely that Arsenal would catch fire so spectacularly because the first half was a damp squib of a display from Wenger's team, as Newcastle initially showed no ill-effects from their Old Trafford ordeal .}}
  • A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
  • See also

    * trial by fire

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