Experience
Experience verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
Hurt and experience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hurt" instead a verb "Experience".
Hurt
Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.
Experience and hurt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Experience" instead a verb "Hurt".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional experience | emotional hurt |
| good | good experience | good hurt |
| better | better experience | better hurt |
| actual | actual experience | actual hurt |
| Other adjectives: real, hard, massive, little, bad, personal, extra, double. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The 'Lethal' part is that having a total of four little kobolds equals 4x the hurt, and possibly 4x the experience.
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When Rose and Greg were together, it would be a very bad idea to hurt him, as a ferris wheel in "Greg, the Babysitter" had to experience.
Source: Violently Protective Girlfriend -
Fortunately, levelling up your weapons isn't permanent in this game, as you lose experience whenever you get hurt.
Source: Low-Level Advantage
Cite this Source
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