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Examin vs Examination - What's the difference?

examin | examination |

As a verb examin

is .

As a noun examination is

the act of examining.

examin

English

Verb

(examin)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1658 , author=Sidrach Simpson , title=Two Books of Mr Syndrach Simpson citation , page=202 , passage=It is lawful to examin' what is the e??ential nature of God. It is lawful to look into what God wil do, that we may ?ee his attributes ?hining forth in them : But to ' examin the truth of what he hath promi?ed, by that which is e??ential and natural unto God, is for a man to go out of the way that is ?aving.}}

    examination

    English

    (wikipedia examination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of examining.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
  • Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
  • A formal test involving answering written or oral questions with no or limited access to text books or the like.

    • Derived terms

    * * bar examination * clinical examination * cross-examination * cross examination * direct examination * exam * examination-in-chief * final examination * physical examination * re-examination * self-examination

    Related terms

    * examine