Worthwhile vs Practical - What's the difference?
worthwhile | practical | Related terms |
Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
(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
Worthwhile is a related term of practical.
As adjectives the difference between worthwhile and practical
is that worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on while practical is based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.As a noun practical is
(british) a part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability.worthwhile
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Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .
practical
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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
