Check vs Test - What's the difference?
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(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
An inspection or examination.
A control; a limit or stop.
* Addison
(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK) .
(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada) .
(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
* 1963 , American law reports annotated: second series (volume 89)
A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
A small chink or crack.
To inspect; to examine.
To mark with a checkmark.
To control, limit, or halt.
* Burke
* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
To verify or compare with a source of information.
To leave in safekeeping.
To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
To physically remove a person from play.
(poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
To make a stop; to pause; with at .
* John Locke
(obsolete) To clash or interfere.
To act as a curb or restraint.
* Dryden
(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
* Shakespeare
(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
A , trial.
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(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
A Test match.
(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars]] and sea urchins.
(botany) Testa; seed coat.
Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
* Dryden
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
To .
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
* Washington
(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
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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, title= (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
(chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
(obsolete) A witness.
* Ld. Berners
In obsolete terms the difference between check and test
is that check is to clash or interfere while test is to make a testament, or will.As nouns the difference between check and test
is that check is a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece while test is a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.As verbs the difference between check and test
is that check is to inspect; to examine while test is to refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.check
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) eschec, from . All English senses developed from the chess sense.Noun
(en noun)- I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check .
- checks and balances
- The castle moat should hold the enemy in check .
- a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity
- Place a check by the things you have done.
- I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.
- I summoned the waiter, paid the check , and hurried to leave.
- The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.
- a check''' given for baggage; a return '''check on a railroad
Synonyms
* (note of monetary transfer) cheque * (indicator mark) tick (UK), checkmark, * (bill of sale) cheque (Canada)Descendants
* German: * Spanish:Verb
(en verb)- Check the oil in your car once a month.
- Check whether this page has a watermark.
- Check the correct answer to each question.
- Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
- so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression
- She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.
- Check your data against known values.
- Check your hat and coat at the door.
- Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.
- He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.
- That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check !
- The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck .
- Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked .
- The good king, his master, will check him for it.
- The sun checks timber.
- The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.
- (Francis Bacon)
- It [his presence] checks too strong upon me.
- And like the haggard, check at every feather / That comes before his eye.
Derived terms
* check in * check into * check out * check over * check through * check upDerived terms
* bad check * bed check * body check * bounce a check * cashier's check * check against * checkbook * check casher * checker * checkers * checkered * checking * checking account * check in * check into * checking account * check is in the mail * check a person out * check it out * checklist * checkmate * checkout * check out * check over * checkup * check up on * check valve * checks and balances * counter check * cross-check * discovered check * double check * double-check * hot check * kite a check * put in check * rain check * reality check * recheck * revealed check * shoulder check * stick check * teller's check * traveler's check * unch * uncheckedEtymology 2
By shortening from checker, from (etyl) scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.Noun
(en noun)- The tablecloth had red and white check s.
test
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; see terra, thirst.Noun
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- Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?
Synonyms
* (challenge) challenge, trial * (sense) quiz, examinationAntonyms
* (challenge) breeze * (sense) recessDerived terms
* acid test * babysitter test * blood test * flame test * inkblot test * litmus test * nose test * Rorschach test * smell test * smoke test * sniff test * stress test * test case * tester * test tubeDescendants
* German: (l) * Dutch: (l)Verb
(en verb)- Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
- to test''' the soundness of a principle; to '''test the validity of an argument
- Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
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- to test a solution by litmus paper
Descendants
* German: (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) tester, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.