Laboratory vs Practical - What's the difference?
laboratory | practical |
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
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, title= (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
As nouns the difference between laboratory and practical
is that laboratory is a room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis while practical is a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability.As an adjective practical is
based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.laboratory
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Alternative forms
* labouratoryNoun
(laboratories)Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory . He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
See also
* ("laboratory" on Wikipedia)practical
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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