Experimental vs. Empirical
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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 engineEmpiricaladjective
(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
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Experimentaladjective
Experiential, empirical.
experimental knowledgeEmpiricaladjective
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 knownExperimentalnoun
The subject of an experiment.
Empiricaladjective
relying on medical quackery;
empiric treatmentExperimentaladjective
relating to or based on experiment;
experimental physicsExperimentaladjective
relying on observation or experiment;
experimental results that supported the hypothesisADVERTISEMENT
Experimentaladjective
of the nature of or undergoing an experiment;
an experimental druga pilot projecta test runa trial separation
