Skill vs. Practice
Difference Between Skill and Practice
Skillnoun
Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
Practicenoun
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.Skillnoun
(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Practicenoun
An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.I have choir practice every Sunday after church.Skillnoun
(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
Practicenoun
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Practicenoun
(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.Skilladjective
Great, excellent.
Practicenoun
The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
Skillverb
(transitive) To set apart; separate.
Practicenoun
A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.Skillverb
To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
Practicenoun
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?Skillverb
To know; to understand.
Practicenoun
(legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.Skillverb
(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
Practicenoun
Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
Skillverb
(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
Practicenoun
(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Skillverb
To make a difference; signify; matter.
Practiceverb
alternative spelling of practise
Skillverb
(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
Practicenoun
a customary way of operation or behavior;
it is their practice to give annual raisesthey changed their dietary patternSkillnoun
an ability that has been acquired by training
Practicenoun
systematic training by multiple repetitions;
practice makes perfectSkillnoun
ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;
the skill of a well-trained boxerthe sweet science of pugilismPracticenoun
translating an idea into action;
a hard theory to put into practicedifferences between theory and praxis of communismPracticenoun
the exercise of a profession;
the practice of the lawI took over his practice when he retiredPracticenoun
knowledge of how something is usually done;
it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinnerPracticeverb
learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every dayPianists practice scalesPracticeverb
avail oneself to;
apply a principlepractice a religionuse care when going down the stairsuse your common sensepractice non-violent resistancePracticeverb
carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
practice lawPracticeverb
engage in a rehearsal (of)
