examiner vs tester what difference
what is difference between examiner and tester
English
Etymology
examine + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/.
Noun
examiner (plural examiners)
- A person who investigates someone or something.
- A person who sets an examination.
- A person who marks an examination.
Related terms
- cross-examiner
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/
Verb
examiner
- to examine
Conjugation
Descendants
- → Romanian: examina
Further reading
- “examiner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
exāminer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of exāminō
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.
Verb
examiner
- to question (pose questions to)
- to torture
- to consider; to ponder; to weigh up
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Related terms
- examinateur
- examination
- examineor
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (examiner)
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstə/
- Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)
Etymology 1
Probably from Old French testre, from Latin testa.
Noun
tester (plural testers)
- A canopy over a bed.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- And I could as hardly spare my gloves as my shirt, or forbeare washing of my hands both in the mornng and rising from the table, or lye in a bed without a testerne and curtaines about it, as of most necessary things.
- October 3, 1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
- No tester to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 11:
- With our shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 11:
Etymology 2
From test + -er.
Noun
tester (plural testers)
- A person who administers a test.
- A device used for testing.
- (Australia, slang, obsolete) A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back.
- A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
- (cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.
Synonyms
- (punishment) Botany Bay dozen
Hyponyms
- software tester
Translations
Etymology 3
For testern, teston, from French teston, from Old French teste (“the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin”). See tester (“a covering”), and compare testone, testoon.
Noun
tester (plural testers)
- An old French silver coin.
- (Britain, slang, dated) A sixpence.
- Synonyms: teston, tizzy
References
Anagrams
- Setter, Street, Teters, retest, setter, street
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛs.te/
Etymology 1
test + -er
Verb
tester
- to test
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Latin testor.
Verb
tester
- (law) to write one’s will
Further reading
- “tester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
tester
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of testor
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tester m
- indefinite plural of test
Verb
tester
- present of teste
Romanian
Etymology
From English tester.
Noun
tester n (plural testere)
- tester
Declension
Swedish
Noun
tester
- indefinite plural of test