Contest vs Trial - What's the difference?
contest | trial |
(uncountable) Controversy; debate.
(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
(countable) A competition.
To contend.
* Alexander Pope
* Bishop Burnet
To call into question; to oppose.
* J. D. Morell
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
(legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
an opportunity to test something out; a test.
appearance at judicial court.
a difficult or annoying experience
Pertaining to a trial or test.
Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
Triple.
(grammar) pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, as people; contrast singular'', ''dual'' and ''plural .
As nouns the difference between contest and trial
is that contest is controversy; debate while trial is an opportunity to test something out; a test.As verbs the difference between contest and trial
is that contest is to contend while trial is to carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.As an adjective trial is
pertaining to a trial or test.contest
English
Noun
- no contest
- The child entered the spelling contest .
Synonyms
* (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageantDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contestVerb
(en verb)- I will contest for the open seat on the board.
- Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
- The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
- The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- The troops contested every inch of ground.
Synonyms
* (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, opposeAntonyms
* (oppose) supporttrial
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) trial, from . More at try.Noun
(wikipedia trial) (en noun)- They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
- That boy was a trial to his parents
Adjective
(-)Verb
- The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.
- The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.
Derived terms
* put on trial * trial and error * trial by combat * trial by fire * trial balloon * trialityEtymology 2
From (etyl) trialis, an adjective formed from .Adjective
(-)- No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.