Experience vs Learning - What's the difference?

In countable terms the difference between experience and learning

is that experience is a collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills while learning is something that has been learned.

In uncountable terms the difference between experience and learning

is that experience is the knowledge thus gathered while learning is accumulated knowledge.

As nouns the difference between experience and learning

is that experience is event(s) of which one is cognizant while learning is an act in which something is learned.

As verbs the difference between experience and learning

is that experience is 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 while learning is present participle of lang=en.

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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learning

English

Verb

(head)

I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.

Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.

(uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

The department head was also a scholar of great learning .

(countable) Something that has been learned

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 5, author=Stuart Elliott, title=Online Experiment for Print Magazine, work=New York Times citation

, passage=“We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.” }}

Usage notes

Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form (m); see for details.

Derived terms

* book-learning * higher learning * learning curve * learning disability * learning by doing