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Testing vs. Inspection — What's the Difference?

Testing vs. Inspection — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Testing and Inspection

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Testing

Revealing a person's capabilities by putting them under strain; challenging
It's been quite a testing time for all of us

Inspection

An inspection is, most generally, an organized examination or formal evaluation exercise. In engineering activities inspection involves the measurements, tests, and gauges applied to certain characteristics in regard to an object or activity.

Testing

A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial
A test of one's eyesight.
Subjecting a hypothesis to a test.
A test of an athlete's endurance.

Inspection

The act of inspecting.

Testing

A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
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Inspection

Official examination or review, as of barracks or troops.

Testing

A basis for evaluation or judgment
"A test of democratic government is how Congress and the president work together" (Haynes Johnson).

Inspection

The act of examining something, often closely.
Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

Testing

(Chemistry) A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be detected or its properties ascertained.

Inspection

An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Testing

A cupel.

Inspection

The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
With narrow search, and with inspection deep,Considered every creature.

Testing

To subject to a test; try
Tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper.
Testing job applicants.

Inspection

The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.

Testing

To reveal the degree of (a given quality) in someone or something by or as if by means of a test
The experiment tested the rats' ability to solve spatial problems. The long war tested the country's resolve.

Inspection

A formal or official examination;
The platoon stood ready for review
We had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator

Testing

To identify the presence or amount of one or more substances in
Tested the water for lead.

Testing

To identify the amount of (a substance) in something
Tested the nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil.

Testing

To ascertain the properties of
Tested the steel for hardness and tensile strength.

Testing

To assay (metal) in a cupel.

Testing

To undergo a test.

Testing

To administer a test
Test for acid content.
Test for the presence of an antibody.

Testing

To achieve a score or rating on tests
Tested high on the entrance exams.

Testing

To exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test
Test positive for the tubercle bacillus.

Testing

; tough.

Testing

The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

Testing

Present participle of test

Testing

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

Testing

The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.

Testing

The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works;
They agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons

Testing

An examination of the characteristics of something;
There are laboratories for commercial testing
It involved testing thousands of children for smallpox

Testing

The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

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