Earn and get are formal and informal versions of the word for acquiring some specific amount of experience – the amount that makes a difference between “inexperienced” and “experienced” What is some practical experience as a shopkeeper that I can get out of after two weeks of my job?

Gain and Gather are passive: you do your research and experience arrives by itself) and active: you seek out opportunities to gain more experience in the process.

You gain some experience over a day of work putting plaster on the walls. Do you get the experience of the plasterer over the course of 3 months. Ive decided to quit plastering but I want to pursue other occupations by changing specializations and getting experience in each one – learn carpentry, masonry, basics of technical drawing printing, and a bunch of other subjects that comprise the broad definition of a builder – so you can learn building.

The borders aren’t firmly defined, and people will often “get a little experience” (gain), or “gather experiences of others” (poll) – generally all these can be used more or less interchangeably – what I outlined is just a kind of “hunch” where which fits.

Gain adds to get the notion of something profitable or desirable (which is why we can get sick but not gain sickness). So, saying that an internship will help you gain experience implies that the experience you get might be useful down the road such as on a resumu00e9 for a future job.

Using gather or acquire in tandem with experience seems more suitable for corporate applications than personal endeavors. How do you imagine a manager saying something like, “We need to acquire more experience in database applications before we put in a bid for projects like that. “? If someone is talking about personal experience, (as in “I want to go to a third countries before starting college; I think I would gain some valuable experience”), then I wouldn’t recommend substituting gather or acquire.