Trial vs First - What's the difference?
trial | first |
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 .
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
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, title= Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
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Before anything else; firstly.
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, title= (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
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(uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
(countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
(countable, baseball) first base
(countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
(countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
A fraction of an integer ending in one.
As nouns the difference between trial and first
is that trial is an opportunity to test something out; a test while first is ridge (of roof).As an adjective trial
is pertaining to a trial or test or trial can be characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.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 ----first
English
(wikipedia first)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), .Alternative forms
* firste (archaic) * fyrst (obsolete) * fyrste (obsolete)Adjective
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PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
Alternative forms
* ; (in names of monarchs and popes) IAdverb
(-)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.}}
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Noun
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- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.