Impractical vs Profound - What's the difference?
impractical | profound | Related terms |
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
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Very deep; very serious
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
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Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
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Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
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(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
As adjectives the difference between impractical and profound
is that impractical is not practical; impracticable while profound is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.As a noun profound is
the deep; the sea; the ocean.As a verb profound is
to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.impractical
English
Usage notes
* Said of people, theories, philosophies, etc.Antonyms
* practicalDerived terms
* impracticality * impractically * impracticalnessprofound
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A gulf profound
- Profound sciatica
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Noun
(-)- God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
- (Milton)
Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)