experimental vs time-honored

experimental

noun
  • The subject of an experiment. 

adj
  • Pertaining to or founded on experiment. 

  • Experiential, empirical. 

  • Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment. 

  • Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment. 

time-honored

adj
  • Honored because of great age, or long usage. 

How often have the words experimental and time-honored occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )