Practicing vs Learning - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between practicing and learning

is that practicing is present participle of lang=en while learning is present participle of lang=en.

is that practicing is the act of one who practices while learning is an act in which something is learned.

is actively engaged in a profession.

(head)

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Actively engaged in a profession.

My uncle is a practicing dentist.

Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.

Practicing'' is the common spelling in American English. British and Commonwealth English use ''practising .

* nonpracticing

(en noun)

The act of one who practices.

(head)

I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

(en-noun)

(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.

Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.

(uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

The department head was also a scholar of great learning .

(countable) Something that has been learned

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Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form (m); see for details.

* book-learning * higher learning * learning curve * learning disability * learning by doing