Applied vs. Empirical: What's the Difference?
Applied and Empirical Definitions
Applied
Put into practice or to a particular use
Applied physics.
Empirical
Relying on or derived from observation or experiment
Empirical results that supported the hypothesis.
Applied
Put into practical use.
Empirical
Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment
Empirical laws.
Applied
Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
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Empirical
Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine.
Applied
Simple past tense and past participle of apply
Empirical
Pertaining to or based on experience .
The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.
For some presumptive diagnoses, empirical antibiotic therapy begins immediately, whereas specific antibiotic therapy must await the results of the culture and sensitivity test.
Applied
That are used;
An isotropic resonance shift...to lower applied fields
Empirical
Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
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Applied
Concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; opposed to theoretical;
Applied physics
Applied psychology
Technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines
Empirical
(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
Demonstrable with empirical evidence
Applied
Put into practice or put to use;
Applied physics
Empirical
Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory;
An empirical basis for an ethical theory
Empirical laws
Empirical data
An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known
Empirical
Relying on medical quackery;
Empiric treatment
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