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Experience vs Item - What's the difference?

experience | item |

As nouns the difference between experience and item

is that experience is experiment, trial, test while item is .

experience

English

(wikipedia experience)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
  • (label) An activity which one has performed.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}
  • (label) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
  • (label) The knowledge thus gathered.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "experience": broad, wide, good, bad, great, amazing, horrible, terrible, pleasant, unpleasant, educational, financial, military, commercial, academic, political, industrial, sexual, romantic, religious, mystical, spiritual, psychedelic, scientific, human, magical, intense, deep, humbling, unforgettable, unique, exciting, exhilarating.

    Antonyms

    * inexperience

    Derived terms

    * experiential * experience points * experienced

    Verb

    (experienc)
  • To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

    • Derived terms

    * experienceable

    External links

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    item

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A distinct physical object.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}
  • A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
  • (label) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
  • A matter for discussion in an agenda.
  • (label) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
  • * 2010 , (Justin Bieber) featuring (Ludacris), ''
    • Are we an item ? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
  • A short article in a newspaper.
  • (label) A hint; an innuendo.
  • * (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
    • A secret item was given to some of the bishops to absent themselves.

    Synonyms

    * (object) article, object, thing * (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning) * (matter for discussion) subject, topic * (two people who are having a relationship with each other) couple * (psychometrics) test/assessment question

    Derived terms

    * subitem * itemize * polarity item * negative polarity item * positive polarity item

    Anagrams

    * emit, mite, time ----