Practised vs Responsible - What's the difference?

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Practised is a related term of responsible.

As a verb practised

is (practise).

As an adjective responsible is

answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.

practised

English

Verb

(head)

(practise)

practise

English

Alternative forms

* practice (standard for noun but incorrect for verb outside US; almost universal for both in American English)

Verb

(practis)

(transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

You should practise playing piano every day.

(intransitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat an activity in this way.

If you want to speak French well, you need to practise .

(transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.

They gather to practise religion every Saturday.

(transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).

She practised law for forty years before retiring.

(intransitive, obsolete, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To conspire.

To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.

* Shakespeare

Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity.''

* Alexander Pope

As this advice ye practise or neglect.

To make use of; to employ.

* Massinger

In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.

To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

* Landor

In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbour.

Usage notes

* In sense "to repeat an activity as a way improving one's skill" this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

Derived terms

* practised * practising

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Anagrams

responsible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.

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Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.

Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.

Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.

She has a responsible position in the firm.

Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.

Who is responsible for this mess?

Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.

He looks like a responsible guy.

Antonyms

* irresponsible

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