What is the difference between first hand and hands-on?
For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
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For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
edited Jan 5 at 23:40
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For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
edited Jan 5 at 23:40
J.R.♦
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asked Jan 5 at 23:13
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For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
difference adjective-phrases
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asked Jan 5 at 23:13
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edited Jan 5 at 23:40
J.R.♦
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asked Jan 5 at 23:13
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edited Jan 5 at 23:40
J.R.♦
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edited Jan 5 at 23:40
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edited Jan 5 at 23:40
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
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@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
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And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
1
@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
1
And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
8839
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
1
@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
1
And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
add a comment |
"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
8839
"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
8839
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
8839
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
8839
answered Jan 5 at 23:21
rpeinhardtrpeinhardt
8839
8839
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
1
@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
1
And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
add a comment |
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
1
@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
1
And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
Jan 6 at 0:41
1
1
@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
@JR Perhaps not - you can experience something firsthand without direct interaction, for example at a sporting event.
– corsiKa
Jan 6 at 6:17
1
1
And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
And for the specific example the OP gave, I would suggest 'first hand' over 'hands-on' because they didn't specify a specific action. "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience teaching suspected drug user students." would be better than "Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students."
– Arcanist Lupus
Jan 6 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
Thanks for the answer. I have also seen hands-on used in a not physical way too, are these exceptional?
– user3738870
2 days ago
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
@user373 In your linked example, the person is saying they have hands-on experience with "a technology" which is vague but still concrete and would allow someone to say "hands-on." Maybe it's an electronic device (very much "hands-on") or even just a particular piece of software (not literally "hands-on" but something you'd interact with via computer hardware). And, of course, people do misuse words/phrases, too ;-)
– rpeinhardt
yesterday
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