Skill vs. Practice
Skill and Practice Definitions
Skill
Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience
Painted with great skill.
Practice
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of
Practices courtesy in social situations.
Skill
A developed talent or ability
Improved his writing skills.
Practice
To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
Practice a dance step.
Skill
An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body
The skill of glassmaking.
Practice
To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill
Practiced the students in handwriting.
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Skill
(Obsolete) A reason; a cause.
Practice
To work at, especially as a profession
Practice law.
Skill
Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
Where did you pick up that skill?
With great skill, she navigated through the tricky passage.
Doing that coaching course not only taught me useful skills on the field, but also some important life skills.
Practice
To carry out in action; observe
Practices a religion piously.
Skill
(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Practice
(Obsolete) To plot (something evil).
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Skill
(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
Practice
To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
With any musical instrument, you need to practice to get better.
Skill
(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Practice
To work at a profession
How long has that lawyer been practicing?.
Skill
Great, excellent.
Practice
To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly
Why not practice in the same manner that you preach?.
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Skill
(transitive) To set apart; separate.
Practice
(Archaic) To intrigue or plot.
Skill
To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
Practice
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something
Makes a practice of being punctual.
Skill
To know; to understand.
Practice
Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill
Practice will make you a good musician.
Skill
(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
Practice
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill
Goes to piano practice weekly.
Scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.
Skill
(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
Practice
(Archaic) The skill so learned or perfected.
Skill
To make a difference; signify; matter.
Practice
The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise
Out of practice.
Skill
(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
Practice
The act or process of doing something; performance or action
A theory that is difficult to put into practice.
Skill
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
For great skill is, he prove that he wrought.
Practice
Exercise of an occupation or profession
The practice of law.
Skill
Knowledge; understanding.
That by his fellowship he color mightBoth his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Nor want we skill or art.
Practice
The business of a professional person
An obstetrician with her own practice.
Skill
The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
Phocion, . . . by his great wisdom and skill at negotiations, diverted Alexander from the conquest of Athens.
Where patience her sweet skill imparts.
Practice
A habitual or customary action or act
That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.
Skill
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Richard . . . by a thousand princely skills, gathering so much corn as if he meant not to return.
Practice
(Law) The procedure for trial of cases in a court of law, usually specified by rules.
Skill
Any particular art.
Learned in one skill, and in another kind of learning unskillful.
Practice
The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
Skill
To know; to understand.
To skill the arts of expressing our mind.
Practice
A trick, scheme, or intrigue.
Skill
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
I can not skill of these thy ways.
Practice
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
Skill
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; - used impersonally.
What skills it, if a bag of stones or goldAbout thy neck do drown thee?
It skills not talking of it.
Practice
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.
Skill
An ability that has been acquired by training
Practice
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
Skill
Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;
The skill of a well-trained boxer
The sweet science of pugilism
Practice
(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.
Practice
The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
Practice
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.
Practice
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
Practice
(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.
Practice
Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
Practice
(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Practice
(US) practise
Practice
Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
A heart . . . exercised with covetous practices.
Practice
Customary or constant use; state of being used.
Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice.
Practice
Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.
Practice
Actual performance; application of knowledge; - opposed to theory.
There are two functions of the soul, - contemplation and practice.
There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice; each, to a certain extent, supposes the other; theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.
Practice
Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.
Practice
Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.
Practice is exercise of an art, or the application of a science in life, which application is itself an art.
Practice
Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; - usually in a bad sense.
He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.
Practice
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Practice
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.
Practice
To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.
Practice
To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
Practice
To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.
Practice
To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
As this advice ye practice or neglect.
Practice
To make use of; to employ.
In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
Practice
To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor.
Practice
To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.
Practice
To learn by practice; to form a habit.
They shall practice how to live secure.
Practice first over yourself to reign.
Practice
To try artifices or stratagems.
He will practice against thee by poison.
Practice
To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.
[I am] little inclined to practice on others, and as little that others should practice on me.
Practice
A customary way of operation or behavior;
It is their practice to give annual raises
They changed their dietary pattern
Practice
Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect
Practice
Translating an idea into action;
A hard theory to put into practice
Differences between theory and praxis of communism
Practice
The exercise of a profession;
The practice of the law
I took over his practice when he retired
Practice
Knowledge of how something is usually done;
It is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner
Practice
Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
Practice
Avail oneself to;
Apply a principle
Practice a religion
Use care when going down the stairs
Use your common sense
Practice non-violent resistance
Practice
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
Practice law
Practice
Engage in a rehearsal (of)
