Defer
Defer verb - To assign to a later time.
Experience and defer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Experience" instead a verb "Defer".
Experience
Experience verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
Defer and experience are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defer" instead a verb "Experience".
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- Some accept their lack of experience and defer to Sharpe and other more experienced officers, others are dyed in the wool Upper Class Twits usually with a healthy dose of snobbery.
Source: Literature / Sharpe -
The marines defer to Ripley because of her greater experience with the aliens and her more forceful personality compared to the inept Lt. Gorman.
Source: Film / Aliens -
The officers do outrank NCOs, but are expected to defer to the knowledge and experience of their senior NCO subordinates.
Source: Authority Equals Asskicking
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