Constructive vs Practical - What's the difference?
constructive | practical | Synonyms |
Relating to or causing construction.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
(legal) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
(British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
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
Constructive is a synonym of practical.
As adjectives the difference between constructive and practical
is that constructive is relating to or causing construction while practical is based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.As a noun practical is
(british) a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability.constructive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (carefully considered and meant to be helpful) productiveAntonyms
* (relating to or causing construction) destructive * (carefully considered and meant to be helpful) destructiveDerived terms
* constructive criticism * constructive dismissal * constructive eviction * constructive notice * constructive logic * constructive trust * constructively * constructiveness * constructivism * deconstructive * inconstructive * unconstructive ----practical
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.
- Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.
- All in all, Jack's a very practical chap