Trial vs Experimentation - What's the difference?
trial | experimentation |
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 .
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
(sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
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As nouns the difference between trial and experimentation
is that trial is an opportunity to test something out; a test while experimentation is the act of experimenting; practice by experiment.As an adjective trial
is pertaining to a trial or test.As a verb trial
is to carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.trial
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.
See also
*Anagrams
* * English terms with multiple etymologies ----experimentation
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation . Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}