Practicable vs Practical - What's the difference?
practicable | practical | Related terms |
Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
Available for use; accessible or employable.
(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
Practical is a related term of practicable.
As adjectives the difference between practicable and practical
is that practicable is capable of being accomplished; feasible while practical is based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.As a noun practical is
a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability.practicable
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Adjective
(-)Usage notes
Example of use contrasted with practical: * "While others might agree that it really was practical to rewrite the entire section, it just was not truly practicable given other considerations."Synonyms
* (capable of being accomplished) feasible, workable * usableAntonyms
* impracticableDerived terms
* practicability * practicableness * practicablypractical
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