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Practical vs. Ingenuous — What's the Difference?

Practical vs. Ingenuous — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Practical and Ingenuous

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Practical

Of or concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas
There are two obvious practical applications of the research

Ingenuous

(of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting
He eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes
She's staggeringly ingenuous, or possibly very cunning indeed

Practical

(of an idea, plan, or method) likely to succeed or be effective in real circumstances; feasible
Neither of these strategies are practical for smaller businesses

Ingenuous

Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; innocent or naive
I'm not so ingenuous as to believe everything he says.

Practical

So nearly the case that it can be regarded as so; virtual
For all practical purposes, she's his girlfriend
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Ingenuous

Straightforward or frank; candid
"I must be so ingenuous as to own that the accounts are not so certain as to the exact time and place of his birth" (Memoir of Martinus Scriblerus).

Practical

An examination or lesson in which theories and procedures learned are applied to the actual making or doing of something.

Ingenuous

Naive and trusting.

Practical

Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation
Gained practical experience of sailing as a deck hand.

Ingenuous

Demonstrating childlike simplicity.

Practical

Manifested in or involving practice
Practical applications of calculus.

Ingenuous

Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious.

Practical

Capable of or suitable to being used or put into effect; useful
Practical knowledge of Japanese. See Usage Note at practicable.

Ingenuous

Unable to mask one's feelings.

Practical

Concerned with the production or operation of something useful
Woodworking is a practical art.

Ingenuous

Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

Practical

Having or showing good judgment; sensible
If we're practical, we can do the job quickly.

Ingenuous

Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.

Practical

Being actually so in almost every respect; virtual
The snowstorm was a practical disaster.

Ingenuous

Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty.

Practical

Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.
Modern engineering applies science to practical problems.

Ingenuous

Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve.

Practical

Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use
Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.

Ingenuous

Ingenious.

Practical

Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical
All in all, Jack's a very practical chap.

Ingenuous

Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious;
An ingenuous admission of responsibility

Practical

Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.

Ingenuous

Lacking in sophistication or worldliness;
A child's innocent stare
His ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it

Practical

(film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
Practical lighting can help sell the illusion that the film is a real situation.

Practical

(British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability

Practical

(theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.

Practical

(film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.

Practical

Laboratory experiment, test or investigation

Practical

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

Practical

Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.

Practical

Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.

Practical

Derived from practice; as, practical skill.

Practical

Concerned with actual use or practice;
He is a very practical person
The idea had no practical application
A practical knowledge of Japanese
Woodworking is a practical art

Practical

Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory;
A hardheaded appraisal of our position
A hard-nosed labor leader
Completely practical in his approach to business
Not ideology but pragmatic politics

Practical

Being actually such in almost every respect;
A practical failure
The once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin

Practical

Having or put to a practical purpose or use;
Practical mathematics
Practical applications of calculus

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