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The title is explicit, what's the difference between **試験する** and **受験する** ?
According to my dictionnary they both mean "to pass an exam", but I guess
there is a nuance.
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what's the difference between 試験する and 受験する?
試験する: to make experiments on something or someone.  
受験する: take an examination

試験する  
experiment ((on animals/with medicine)); test ((a thing)); put ((a thing)) to
the test  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/試験する/#je-30916](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E8%A9%A6%E9%A8%93%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B/#je-30916)

受験する  
受験の準備をする  
prepare for an examination

私立校を受験する  
take [((英))sit (for)] an entrance examination to [for] a private school  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/受験/#je-34394](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E5%8F%97%E9%A8%93/#je-34394)
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