different between practical vs professional
practical
English
Etymology
From practic +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ækt?k?l/
- Hyphenation: prac?ti?cal
Noun
practical (plural practicals)
- (Britain) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
Translations
Adjective
practical (comparative more practical, superlative most practical)
- Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
Antonyms
- (based on practice or action): theoretical
- (likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation): impractical
- (of a person): impractical
Derived terms
- practicality
- practically
Related terms
- practicable
- practice
- practise
- practitioner
- pragmatic
Translations
Further reading
- practical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- practical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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professional
English
Etymology
profession +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???f???n?l/
Noun
professional (plural professionals)
- A person who belongs to a profession
- A person who earns their living from a specified activity
- A reputation known by name
- An expert.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 97:
- I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; […] invite the professional, urgently, to dine with us this evening.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 97:
Derived terms
- non-professional, nonprofessional
- pseudo-professional, pseudoprofessional
- semi-professional, semiprofessional
- super professional, super-professional, superprofessional
Translations
Adjective
professional (comparative more professional, superlative most professional)
- Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
- His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; […].
- That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
- (by extension) Expert.
Derived terms
- non-professional, nonprofessional
- professionalism
- pseudo-professional, pseudoprofessional
- semi-professional, semiprofessional
- unprofessional
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
professió +? -al
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p?o.f?.si.o?nal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?u.f?.si.u?nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /p?o.fe.si.o?nal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
professional (masculine and feminine plural professionals)
- professional
Derived terms
- professionalisme
- professionalment
Noun
professional m or f (plural professionals)
- professional
Further reading
- “professional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “professional” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “professional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “professional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From English professional.
Pronunciation
Noun
professional m (plural professionals)
- a professional practicioner of a trade, métier...
- an expert in a (professional) field
Related terms
- professionalism n
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- what professionalism means to you
- what professional wrestler died in the ring
- what professional sports teams are in nashville
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- what professional sports play in august
- what professionalism means
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