Experience
Experience verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
Hold and experience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Experience".
Hold
Hold verb - Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).
Experience and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Experience" instead a verb "Hold".
How words are described
| emotional | emotional experience | emotional hold |
| good | good experience | good hold |
| high | high experience | high hold |
| full | full experience | full hold |
| Other adjectives: long, better, complete, painful, actual, entire, massive, little, interesting. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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As Walden is convulsing from the experience, he gets a glimpse of the future (from his point) and hears Meera screaming for Hodor to hold the door, while she escapes with Bran.
Source: Pokémon Speak -
Walter Feng, Darril Traubel and the Barghest's "normal" pilots are able to hold their own against the pilots with S-Type devices due to nothing but sheer experience and hard work.
Source: Video Game / Front Mission -
Leeroy Jenkins: Fubuki, in her search for gaining experience, grabs hold of an Idiot Ball and charges headlong into an Abyssal fleet in episode 10.
Source: Anime / Kantai Collection
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Hold and Experience. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/experience/hold
Experience & Hold. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/experience/hold>.
Hold or Experience. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/experience/hold.
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