different between study vs essay
study
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?di/
- Rhymes: -?di
Etymology 1
From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier) from Medieval Latin studi?re and Latin stud?re, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.
Verb
study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)
- (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- To look at minutely.
- To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
- I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
- July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
- To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]
Conjugation
Synonyms
- con
- elucubrate
- research
- revise
- swot
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Doublet of studio.
Noun
study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life
- The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
- 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- his cheery little study
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
- (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
Synonyms
- (private male room): cabinet, closet (archaic)
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:study
Coordinate terms
- (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Dusty, Dutys, Duyst, dusty
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essay
English
Etymology 1
Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle French essay, essai (“essay”), meaning coined by Montaigne in the same time, from the same words in earlier meanings 'experiment; assay; attempt', from Old French essay, essai, assay, assai, from Latin exagium (“weight; weighing, testing on the balance”), from exigere + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /???se?/
- Rhymes: -?se?
Noun
essay (plural essays)
- (authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
- (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
- (now rare) An attempt.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 455:
- This was Lee's first essay in the kind of offensive-defensive strategy that was to become his hallmark.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 455:
- (philately, finance) A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.
Derived terms
- photo essay
Related terms
- assay
- essayist
- essayistic
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, assaiier, assayer, assaier, from essay, essai, assay, assai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) as above.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??se?/, /???se?/
Verb
essay (third-person singular simple present essays, present participle essaying, simple past and past participle essayed)
- (dated, transitive) To try.
- (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.
Translations
Anagrams
- Sayes, Seays, Sesay, eyass
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English essay (“essay”), from Middle French essai (“essay; attempt, assay”), from Old French essai, from Latin exagium (whence the neuter gender).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??se?/, /??.se?/
- Hyphenation: es?say
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
essay n (plural essays, diminutive essaytje n)
- essay
Hypernyms
- betoog
Derived terms
- essayist
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: esai
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.
Noun
essay n (definite singular essayet, indefinite plural essay or essayer, definite plural essaya or essayene)
- an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject
Derived terms
- essaysamling
References
- “essay” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.
Noun
essay n (definite singular essayet, indefinite plural essay, definite plural essaya)
- an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject
Derived terms
- essaysamling
References
- “essay” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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