testing or test

Progress · #1 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 11:16

What is the difference between testing and test?
How should be used? Would you please give me theri examples?
Thank you very much.

Harry Smith · #2 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 11:31

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Originally Posted by Progress

What is the difference between testing and test?
How should be used? Would you please give me theri examples?
Thank you very much.

The lecturer was busy testing the students knowledge.
They had to test the car before buying it.
He had a test in English yesterday.

Progress · #3 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 11:40

Thanks Harry.

The way I asked was bad.

Both test and tesing are used as nouns; what was the difference?

Harry Smith · #4 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 12:01

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Originally Posted by Progress

Thanks Harry.

The way I asked was bad.

Both test and tesing are used as nouns; what was the difference?

Testing is the process of the test.

Progress · #5 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 12:14

Whats the difference between nuclear testing and nuclear test?

ngo pout ruphine · #6 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 12:21

testing is the present continuous tense of the verb to test
testing means that the action is doing at the moment
test is a word

Harry Smith · #7 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 13:03

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Whats the difference between nuclear testing and nuclear test?

They mean the same thing. Testing and test are synonims.

Progress · #8 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 14:22

Thanks anyway Harry.

Are there any people who can teach me the differece between nuclear testing and nuclear test?

albertino · #9 (**permalink**) 13-Jul-2007, 14:45

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Thanks anyway Harry.

Are there any people who can teach me the differece between nuclear testing and nuclear test?

Disclaimer: I am not a teacher.
My two cents:
Testing= is a gerund, which is a verb-form noun
Test= is a noun.
So when there is a noun in existence, one should not use the gerund as a noun instead. In your case, nuclear test therefore prevails over nuclear testing.