Investigation vs. Experiment — What's the Difference?

The action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research

An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.

The act or process of investigating

A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.

A careful examination or search in order to discover facts or gain information.

The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

An innovative act or procedure

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

The result of experimentation

An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;

To conduct an experiment.

The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

To try something new, especially in order to gain experience

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.

(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.

To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.

To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.

A trial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something uncertain; esp., one under controlled conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some hypothesis, theory, or known truth; practical test; proof.

Experience.

To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; - often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.

To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience.

The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

The testing of an idea;

A venture at something new or different;

To conduct a test or investigation;

Try something new, as in order to gain experience;