Experience
Experience verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.
Smart and experience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead a verb "Experience".
Smart
Smart verb - To feel or cause physical pain.
Experience and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Experience" instead a verb "Smart".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Dante in Devil May Cry 4, it's a bit inconsistent thanks to how the games' timelines jump around but he goes from a smart-ass to a smart-ass with a lot of experience.
Source: Older and Wiser -
Although being incredibly smart enough at the age of 12 to create a powersuit, he lacked experience and tended to get into trouble (he was pudgy too, like some examples mentioned).
Source: Super Zeroes -
In 52, Booster Gold was going to die, but the authors were smart and realized that nobody who had experience with comics would believe he was dead.
Source: Narm / Comic Books
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