Jesting vs Testing - What's the difference?
jesting | testing |
joking
* Shakespeare
bantering; ridicule
mocking
facetious
humorous
* Macaulay
playful; mocking
jeering
difficult, tough
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
* 2011 , Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
As nouns the difference between jesting and testing
is that jesting is joking while testing is the act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.As adjectives the difference between jesting and testing
is that jesting is facetious while testing is difficult, tough.As verbs the difference between jesting and testing
is that jesting is present participle of lang=en while testing is present participle of lang=en.jesting
English
Noun
- Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .
Adjective
(en adjective)- He will find that these are no jesting matters.
Verb
(head)testing
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.}}
Noun
(en noun)- The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.