Practical vs Sentimental - What's the difference?
practical | sentimental |
(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
characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment
romantic
As adjectives the difference between practical and sentimental
is that practical is based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis while sentimental is characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.As a noun practical
is a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability.practical
English
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(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