Meaning : The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities.

Example : A man of experience.
Experience is the best teacher.

Meaning : The content of direct observation or participation in an event.

Example : He had a religious experience.
He recalled the experience vividly.

Meaning : An event as apprehended.

Example : A surprising experience.
That painful experience certainly got our attention.

Meaning : Undergo or live through a difficult experience.

Example : We had many trials to go through.
He saw action in Viet Nam.

Synonyms : go through, see

Meaning : Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.

Example : I know the feeling!.
Have you ever known hunger?.
I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict.
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare.
I lived through two divorces.

Synonyms : know, live

Meaning : Go through (mental or physical states or experiences).

Example : Get an idea.
Experience vertigo.
Get nauseous.
Receive injuries.
Have a feeling.

Synonyms : get, have, receive

Meaning : Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.

Example : She felt resentful.
He felt regret.

Synonyms : feel

Meaning : Undergo.

Example : The stocks had a fast run-up.

Synonyms : have