Practice vs. Principle

Practicenoun

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

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An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

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The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

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(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

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The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.

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A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.

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Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

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(legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

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Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

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(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practiceverb

alternative spelling of practise

Practicenoun

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.

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Customary or constant use; state of being used.

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Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.

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Actual performance; application of knowledge; - opposed to theory.

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Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.

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Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.

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Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; - usually in a bad sense.

Practicenoun

A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practicenoun

The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Practiceverb

To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.

Practiceverb

To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.

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To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

Practiceverb

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

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To make use of; to employ.

Practiceverb

To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

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To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.

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To learn by practice; to form a habit.

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To try artifices or stratagems.

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To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.

Practicenoun

a customary way of operation or behavior;

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systematic training by multiple repetitions;

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translating an idea into action;

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the exercise of a profession;

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knowledge of how something is usually done;

Practiceverb

learn by repetition;

Practiceverb

avail oneself to;

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carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;

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engage in a rehearsal (of)

Practicenoun

the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it

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the carrying out or exercise of a profession, especially that of a doctor or lawyer

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the business or premises of a doctor or lawyer

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the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something

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an established method of legal procedure.

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repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it

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a period of time spent practising an activity or skill

Practiceverb

US spelling of practise

Principlenoun

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

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A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.

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Moral rule or aspect.

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(physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.

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A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.

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(obsolete) A beginning.

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A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

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An original faculty or endowment.

Principleverb

(transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.

Principlenoun

Beginning; commencement.

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A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

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An original faculty or endowment.

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A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.

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A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle.

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Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; - applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.

Principleverb

To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.

Principlenoun

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct;

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a rule or standard especially of good behavior;

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a basic truth or law or assumption;

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a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system;

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rule of personal conduct

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(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);

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a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning

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a rule or belief governing one's behaviour

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morally correct behaviour and attitudes

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a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field.

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a natural law forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine

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a fundamental source or basis of something

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a fundamental quality determining the nature of something

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an active or characteristic constituent of a substance, obtained by simple analysis or separation

Principle

A principle is a proposition or value that is a guide for behavior or evaluation. In law, it is a rule that has to be or usually is to be followed.