The difference between Experience and User experience

When used as nouns, experience means event(s) of which one is cognizant, whereas user experience means the desired, expected, or actual experience of a user interacting with a product, especially as it relates to the design of the product's user interface.


Experience is also verb with the meaning: to observe certain events.

check bellow for the other definitions of Experience and User experience

  1. Experience as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    Event(s) of which one is cognizant.

    Examples:

    "It was an experience he would not soon forget."

  2. Experience as a noun (countable):

    An activity one has performed.

  3. Experience as a noun (countable):

    A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.

  4. Experience as a noun (uncountable):

    The knowledge thus gathered.

  1. Experience as a verb (transitive):

    To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

  1. User experience as a noun (computing):

    The desired, expected, or actual experience of a user interacting with a product, especially as it relates to the design of the product's user interface.

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