Experimental vs. Empirical

Experimental vs. Empirical — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Experimental and Empirical

Experimentaladjective

Pertaining to or founded on experiment.

Chemistry is an experimental science.

Empiricaladjective

Pertaining to or based on experience.

Experimentaladjective

(sciences) Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.

Empiricaladjective

Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.

Experimentaladjective

Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

his experimental bandan experimental engine

Empiricaladjective

(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

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Experimentaladjective

Experiential, empirical.

experimental knowledge

Empiricaladjective

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory;

an empirical basis for an ethical theoryempirical lawsempirical dataan empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known

Experimentalnoun

The subject of an experiment.

Empiricaladjective

relying on medical quackery;

empiric treatment

Experimentaladjective

relating to or based on experiment;

experimental physics

Experimentaladjective

relying on observation or experiment;

experimental results that supported the hypothesis
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Experimentaladjective

of the nature of or undergoing an experiment;

an experimental druga pilot projecta test runa trial separation