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Practicing vs Practiced - What's the difference?

practicing | practiced |

As verbs the difference between practicing and practiced

is that practicing is present participle of lang=en while practiced is past tense of practice.

As adjectives the difference between practicing and practiced

is that practicing is actively engaged in a profession while practiced is skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice.

As a noun practicing

is the act of one who practices.

practicing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Actively engaged in a profession.
    • My uncle is a practicing dentist.
  • Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.

    • Usage notes

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

    Derived terms

    * nonpracticing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who practices.

    • practiced

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (practice)