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Scientific vs Experimental - What's the difference?

scientific | experimental |

As adjectives the difference between scientific and experimental

is that scientific is of, or having to do with science while experimental is experimental.

scientific

English

Alternative forms

* scientifick

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or having to do with science.
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  • , author=Philip E. Mirowski , title=Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , volume=100, issue=1, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
  • Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
  • In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science. Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011
  • Derived terms

    * pseudoscientific * scientifical * scientific method * scientificness

    See also

    * academic

    References

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    experimental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
  • Chemistry is an experimental science .
  • # (sciences) nbsp; Serving to be experimented upon.
  • R was a member of the experimental group , Z was a member of the control group.
  • Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
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  • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
    his experimental band
    an experimental engine
  • Experiential, empirical.
  • experimental knowledge

    Derived terms

    * experimentally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is experimental.
  • See also

    * control ----