Essay vs. Assay

Essaynoun

(authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

Essaynoun

(obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.

Essaynoun

An attempt.

Essaynoun

A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.

Essayverb

To try.

Essayverb

(intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

Essaynoun

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

Essaynoun

A composition treating of any particular subject; - usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

Essaynoun

An assay. See Assay, n.

Essayverb

To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

Essayverb

To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Essaynoun

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

Essaynoun

a tentative attempt

Essayverb

make an effort or attempt;

Essayverb

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.

Assaynoun

Trial, attempt.

Assaynoun

Examination and determination; test.

Assaynoun

The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.

Assaynoun

Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

Assaynoun

Tested purity or value.

Assaynoun

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

Assaynoun

The alloy or metal to be assayed.

Assayverb

(transitive) To attempt (something).

Assayverb

To try, attempt (to do something).

Assayverb

(transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).

Assayverb

To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.

Assayverb

To affect.

Assayverb

To try tasting, as food or drink.

Assaynoun

Trial; attempt; essay.

Assaynoun

Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.

Assaynoun

Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

Assaynoun

Tested purity or value.

Assaynoun

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

Assaynoun

The alloy or metal to be assayed.

Assayverb

To try; to attempt; to apply.

Assayverb

To affect.

Assayverb

To try tasting, as food or drink.

Assayverb

To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.

Assayverb

To attempt, try, or endeavor.

Assaynoun

an appraisal of the state of affairs;

Assaynoun

a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components

Assaynoun

a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance

Assaynoun

a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.

Assayverb

analyze (chemical substances)

Assayverb

make an effort or attempt;

Assay

An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity (the analyte). The analyte can be a drug, biochemical substance, chemical element or compound, or cell in an organism or organic sample.