Text vs. Test

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  • Text (noun)

    A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

  • Text (noun)

    A book, tome or other set of writings.

  • Text (noun)

    A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.

  • Text (noun)

    Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).

  • Text (noun)

    A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

  • Text (noun)

    Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.

  • Text (noun)

    A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.

    “German text”

  • Text (verb)

    To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

    “Just text me when you get here.”

    “I’ll text the address to you as soon as I find it.”

  • Text (verb)

    To send and receive text messages.

    “Have you been texting all afternoon?”

  • Text (verb)

    To write in large characters, as in text hand.

  • Test (noun)

    A challenge, trial.

  • Test (noun)

    A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

  • Test (noun)

    An examination, given often during the academic term.

  • Test (noun)

    A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

  • Test (noun)

    A Test match.

  • Test (noun)

    The external sand dollars and sea urchins.thumb|right|Two sea urchin tests

  • Test (noun)

    Testa; seed coat.

  • Test (noun)

    Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

  • Test (noun)

    A witness.

  • Test (noun)

    testosterone

  • Test (verb)

    To challenge.

    “Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.”

  • Test (verb)

    To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

  • Test (verb)

    To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

    “to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument”

  • Test (verb)

    To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

  • Test (verb)

    To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.

  • Test (verb)

    To be shown to be by test.

    “He tested positive for cancer.”

  • Test (verb)

    To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

    “to test a solution by litmus paper”

  • Test (verb)

    To attest (a document) legally, and date it.

  • Test (verb)

    To make a testament, or will.

Wiktionary
  • Text (noun)

    a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form

    “a text which explores pain and grief”

  • Text (noun)

    a piece of written or printed material regarded as conveying the authentic or primary form of a particular work

    “in some passages it is difficult to establish the original text”

  • Text (noun)

    written or printed words, typically forming a connected piece of work

    “stylistic features of journalistic text”

  • Text (noun)

    data in the form of words or alphabetic characters.

  • Text (noun)

    the main body of a book or other piece of writing, as distinct from other material such as notes, appendices, and illustrations

    “the pictures are clear and relate well to the text”

  • Text (noun)

    a script or libretto.

  • Text (noun)

    a written work chosen or set as a subject of study

    “too much concentration on set texts can turn pupils against reading”

  • Text (noun)

    a textbook

    “an organic chemistry text”

  • Text (noun)

    a passage from the Bible or other religious work, especially when used as the subject of a sermon.

  • Text (noun)

    a subject or theme for a discussion or exposition

    “he took as his text the fact that Australia is paradise”

  • Text (noun)

    a text message

    “just give us a call or send us a text”

  • Text (noun)

    fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.

  • Text (verb)

    send (someone) a text message

    “if she was going to go she would have texted us”

Oxford Dictionary

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