different between testimony vs testicle

English

Alternative forms

• testimonie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin testim?nium (“testimony”), from testis (“a witness”). See test.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?st?mo?ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?st?m?ni/

Noun

testimony (countable and uncountable, plural testimonies)

1. (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
2. An account of first-hand experience.
3. (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
4. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

   • When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.

Synonyms

• (law) deposition

Derived terms

• compel testimony
• testimonial

Related terms

• test
• testify

Translations

Further reading

• testimony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• testimony in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?s?t?-k?l, IPA^(key): /?t?st?k?l/

Noun

testicle (plural testicles)

1. The male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.

Synonyms

• testis (medical)
• orchis (medical)
• ball (perhaps vulgar)
• bollock (perhaps alteration of "ballock")
• lamb fries (culinary)
• See also Thesaurus:testicles

Hypernyms

• genitals

Related terms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• scrotum
• bulla
• bull
• bullock

Anagrams

• telestic

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin testicle, diminutive of testis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t?s?ti.kl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tes?ti.kle/

Noun

testicle m (plural testicles)

1. testicle

Related terms

• testicular

Further reading

• “testicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “testicle” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “testicle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “testicle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.