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Observation vs Testing - What's the difference?

observation | testing |

As nouns the difference between observation and testing

is that observation is the act of observing, and the fact of being observed while testing is the act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

As a verb testing is

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As an adjective testing is

difficult, tough.

observation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of observing, and the fact of being observed.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=(Jeremy Bernstein)
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=146, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= A Palette of Particles , passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}
  • The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
  • A remark or comment.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That's a foolish observation .
  • * Alexander Pope
    • To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.
  • A judgement based on observing.
  • Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.

    Derived terms

    * observation car

    Related terms

    * observance * observant * observatory * observe * observer

    See also

    * (wikipedia "observation")

    testing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • difficult, tough
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC 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 act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
  • * 2011 , Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
    • The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

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