experience vs ordeal

ordeal vs experience

experience and ordeal both are nouns.

experience is a verb but ordeal is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
experience	Yes	No	Yes	No
ordeal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ordeal is a hyponym of experience; that is, ordeal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than experience:

experience: an event as apprehended
ordeal: a severe or trying experience

Other hyponyms of experience include appalling, augury, foretoken, preindication, sign, flash, flashing, blast, good time, loss, near-death experience, out-of-body experience, taste, time, head trip, trip, vision.

experience (noun)	ordeal (noun)
the content of direct observation or participation in an event	a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities	a severe or trying experience
an event as apprehended

experience (verb)	ordeal (verb)
undergo
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
undergo or live through a difficult experience

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