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Examination vs Examining - What's the difference?

examination | examining |

As nouns the difference between examination and examining

is that examination is the act of examining while examining is examination.

As a verb examining is

present participle of lang=en.

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

    examining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * examining room

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • examination
  • * Francis A. Corliss, Supreme Court, County of New York (page 111)
    • The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.