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Exam vs Inventory - What's the difference?

exam | inventory |

As nouns the difference between exam and inventory

is that exam is form of Shortened form|examination|lang=en especially when meaning test or in compound terms.inventory is the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

As a verb inventory is

to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

exam

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms.
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  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

    Derived terms

    * bar exam * blue book exam * clinical exam * cross-exam * cross-exam * direct exam * exam paper * final exam * oral exam * physical exam

    Anagrams

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    inventory

    Noun

    (inventories)
  • (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
  • Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  • (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
  • The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  • (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
  • This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  • (lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
  • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

    Synonyms

    * (take stock) index