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Trial vs Travail - What's the difference?

trial | travail |

As nouns the difference between trial and travail

is that trial is an opportunity to test something out; a test while travail is (archaic) arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.

As verbs the difference between trial and travail

is that trial is to carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc) before marketing or implementing it while travail is to toil.

As an adjective trial

is pertaining to a trial or test or trial can be characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

trial

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) trial, from . More at try.

Noun

(wikipedia trial) (en noun)
  • an opportunity to test something out; a test.
    • They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
  • appearance at judicial court.
  • a difficult or annoying experience
    • That boy was a trial to his parents

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to a trial or test.
  • Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

    • Verb

  • To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
    • The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.
  • To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
    • 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 * triality

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) trialis, an adjective formed from .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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 .
    • No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.

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    Anagrams

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    travail

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
  • * Hooker
    • As everything of price, so this doth require travail .
  • *, II.20:
  • *:Travell and pleasure, most unlike in nature, are notwithstanding followed together by a kind of I wot not what natural conjunction.
  • * 1936 , (Djuna Barnes), Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 38:
    • He had thought of making a destiny for himself, through laborious and untiring travail .
  • Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
  • (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
  • (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object.

    • References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To toil.
  • * Latimer
    • slothful persons which will not travail for their livings
  • To go through the labor of childbirth.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John XIV:
    • A woman when she traveyleth hath sorowe, be cause her houre is come: but as sone as she is delivered off her chylde she remembreth no moare her anguysshe, for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde.