trial vs clinical trial

clinical trial vs trial

trial and clinical trial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trial	Yes	No	No	No
clinical trial	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clinical trial is a hyponym of trial; that is, clinical trial is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trial:

trial: the act of testing something
clinical trial: a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use

Other hyponyms of trial include assay, clinical test, double blind, preclinical phase, preclinical test, preclinical trial, audition, tryout, field trial, fitting, try-on, trying on, Ministry of Transportation test, MOT, MOT test, pilot program, pilot project, Snellen test.

trial (noun)	clinical trial (noun)
the act of testing something	a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use
(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
the act of undergoing testing
trying something to find out about it
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications

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