Practice vs. Experience: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
Practice refers to the act of performing or executing skills repeatedly to improve, while experience is the knowledge or skill gained through involvement in or exposure to events.
Key Differences
Practice involves actively engaging in an activity or exercise to improve proficiency, typically through repetition. Experience, on the other hand, is accumulated over time through exposure to various situations and activities.
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Practice is often structured and deliberate, focusing on specific skills or knowledge. Experience is broader, encompassing a range of situations, both structured and unstructured, contributing to one's understanding and expertise.
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The goal of practice is to develop and refine abilities or knowledge, often in a specific area. In contrast, experience is the result of living through different events, leading to an intuitive understanding or familiarity.
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Practice can be measured in terms of frequency and duration, focusing on the process of learning. Experience is measured in terms of depth and breadth, emphasizing the outcome of learning.
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Practice is essential for acquiring new skills or improving existing ones, while experience provides context, wisdom, and a broader perspective gained through real-life application.
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Comparison Chart
Objective
To improve or refine skills.
To gain knowledge or skill through exposure.
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Measurement
Frequency and duration of activities.
Depth and breadth of involvement.
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Outcome
Skill proficiency and knowledge.
Intuitive understanding and wisdom.
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Context
Often in a controlled or educational setting.
In real-life situations and events.
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Practice and Experience Definitions
Practice
Repetition of an activity to improve skill.
Daily practice helped her master the piano.
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Experience
Practical contact with events or facts.
She has experience in handling emergencies.
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Practice
Exercise of a profession.
Her law practice specializes in corporate law.
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Experience
The feeling or impression produced by an event.
The concert was a fantastic experience.
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Practice
Execution or performance of techniques.
The team's practice sessions are intense.
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Experience
An event or occurrence lived through.
Climbing the mountain was an exhilarating experience.
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Practice
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of
Practices courtesy in social situations.
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Experience
A particular instance of personally encountering something.
Her first travel abroad was an eye-opening experience.
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Practice
To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
Practice a dance step.
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Experience
The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind
A child's first experience of snow.
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Practice
To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill
Practiced the students in handwriting.
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Experience
Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill
A lesson taught by experience.
A carpenter with experience in roof repair.
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Experience
An event or a series of events participated in or lived through.
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Experience
The totality of such events in the past of an individual or group.
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Practice
To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
With any musical instrument, you need to practice to get better.
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Experience
To participate in personally; undergo
Experience a great adventure.
Experienced loneliness.
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Experience
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
It was an experience he would not soon forget.
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Practice
To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly
Why not practice in the same manner that you preach?.
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Experience
(countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
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Practice
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something
Makes a practice of being punctual.
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Practice
Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill
Practice will make you a good musician.
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Practice
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill
Goes to piano practice weekly.
Scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.
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Experience
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
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Experience
Trial, as a test or experiment.
She caused him to make experienceUpon wild beasts.
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Practice
The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise
Out of practice.
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Experience
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.
When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting.
Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it.
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Practice
The act or process of doing something; performance or action
A theory that is difficult to put into practice.
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Experience
An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.
Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience.
Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment.
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Experience
To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.
The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India.
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Practice
The business of a professional person
An obstetrician with her own practice.
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Experience
To exercise; to train by practice.
The youthful sailors thus with early careTheir arms experience, and for sea prepare.
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Practice
A habitual or customary action or act
That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.
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Experience
The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities;
A man of experience
Experience is the best teacher
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Practice
(Law) The procedure for trial of cases in a court of law, usually specified by rules.
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Experience
The content of direct observation or participation in an event;
He had a religious experience
He recalled the experience vividly
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Practice
The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
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Experience
An event as apprehended;
A surprising experience
That painful experience certainly got our attention
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Experience
Go or live through;
We had many trials to go through
He saw action in Viet Nam
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Practice
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
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Experience
Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
I know the feeling!
Have you ever known hunger?
I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
I lived through two divorces
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Practice
An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.
I have choir practice every Sunday after church.
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Experience
Of mental or physical states or experiences;
Get an idea
Experience vertigo
Get nauseous
Undergo a strange sensation
The chemical undergoes a sudden change
The fluid undergoes shear
Receive injuries
Have a feeling
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Practice
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
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Practice
(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.
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Practice
The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
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Experience
Knowledge gained by doing or living through things.
His years of experience in the industry are invaluable.
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Practice
A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.
It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.
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Practice
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
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Practice
(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.
This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.
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Practice
Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
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Practice
(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
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Practice
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.
A heart . . . exercised with covetous practices.
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Practice
Customary or constant use; state of being used.
Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice.
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Practice
Actual performance; application of knowledge; - opposed to theory.
There are two functions of the soul, - contemplation and practice.
There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice; each, to a certain extent, supposes the other; theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.
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Practice
Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.
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Practice
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.
Practice is exercise of an art, or the application of a science in life, which application is itself an art.
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Practice
Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; - usually in a bad sense.
He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.
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Practice
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
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Practice
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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Practice
To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.
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Practice
To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
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Practice
To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.
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Practice
To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
As this advice ye practice or neglect.
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Practice
To make use of; to employ.
In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
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Practice
To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor.
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Practice
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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Practice
To learn by practice; to form a habit.
They shall practice how to live secure.
Practice first over yourself to reign.
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Practice
To try artifices or stratagems.
He will practice against thee by poison.
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Practice
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.
[I am] little inclined to practice on others, and as little that others should practice on me.
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Practice
A customary way of operation or behavior;
It is their practice to give annual raises
They changed their dietary pattern
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Practice
Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect
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Practice
Translating an idea into action;
A hard theory to put into practice
Differences between theory and praxis of communism
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Practice
The exercise of a profession;
The practice of the law
I took over his practice when he retired
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Practice
Knowledge of how something is usually done;
It is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner
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Practice
Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
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Practice
Avail oneself to;
Apply a principle
Practice a religion
Use care when going down the stairs
Use your common sense
Practice non-violent resistance
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Practice
Application of an idea or method.
The doctor began his medical practice in the city.
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Practice
Customary or habitual performance.
It's his practice to jog every morning.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
How does experience benefit a person?
Experience provides knowledge, wisdom, and a broader perspective.
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Is experience always positive?
No, experience can be positive or negative but always educational.
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Does practice require guidance?
Practice can be self-guided or under supervision for better results.
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What is the purpose of practice?
The purpose of practice is to improve skills through repetition.
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Can practice lead to mastery?
Yes, consistent practice can lead to mastery of a skill.
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Does practice apply to all fields?
Yes, practice is applicable in learning and improving skills in any field.
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Is experience quantifiable?
Experience is more qualitative, focusing on depth rather than quantity.
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Can practice be too much?
Excessive practice without rest or reflection can be counterproductive.
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How does one gain experience?
Experience is gained through involvement in various activities and situations.
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Can practice be theoretical?
Practice is typically hands-on, but can include theoretical elements.
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How do age and experience correlate?
Generally, age brings more opportunities for experience, but it's not a strict correlation.
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How does experience influence decision-making?
Experience provides insights and context, improving decision-making.
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Does experience always imply expertise?
Not necessarily; experience contributes to expertise but is not the sole factor.
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How important is practice in education?
Practice is crucial in education for reinforcing and applying knowledge.
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Can one have experience without direct involvement?
Direct involvement is essential for genuine experience.
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What is deliberate practice?
Deliberate practice is a focused, goal-oriented approach to skill improvement.
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What role does feedback play in practice?
Feedback is essential in practice for guiding improvement.
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Can experience be shared?
While personal, experience can be shared through stories or advice.
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What makes good practice?
Good practice is consistent, focused, and reflective.
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Is all experience relevant to a career?
Not all, but diverse experiences can offer valuable perspectives in a career.
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