essay vs test

essay

verb
  • To move forth, as into battle. 

noun
  • A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. 

  • A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote. 

test

verb
  • To challenge. 

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

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

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

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

  • To be shown to be by test. 

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

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

  • An examination, given often during the academic term. 

  • A challenge, trial. 

  • A Test match. 

  • testosterone 

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

  • Testa; seed coat. 

  • The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins. 

How often have the words essay and test occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )