Meaningful vs Practical - What's the difference?
meaningful | practical |
Having meaning, significant.
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, year=2012
, date=June 9
, author=Owen Phillips
, title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
, work=BBC Sport
(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 adjectives the difference between meaningful and practical
is that meaningful is having meaning, significant 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.meaningful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.
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Antonyms
* meaninglessDerived terms
* * * * *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