Language question

[Scarlett]

what is the difference betwen PRACTICE and PRACTISE? Do they have different meanings?

[relfy]

you say practice when you have tried something like this

"i had lots of practice on it"

and you say practise when you are told to keep trying at something like this

"make sure you practise a lot on it"

hope that helps!

[sir.prize]

This link explains it

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/practic e_lessons.htm

[Clanad]

Really! I assumed it to simply be, once again, the difference between proper British English and our Americanized version... you know... the old honor/honour neoteric...

[bensmum]

Practice is a noun
Practise is a verb - simple really.
The problem with this example is that both sound the same. I always tell people to use advise and advice as a measure of whether it should be "c" or "s". You would never give someone good advise would you?

[Buenchico]

As Bensmum says, 'practice' is a noun, while 'practise' is a verb. See here for examples of usage:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Arts-and-Litera ture/Question316156.html

Chris

[Ice.Maiden]

Very little difference Scarlett - except that practice is usally used for places of medication, such as a doctor's or dentist's practice, but it's also used to mean performing a repetitional feat, or one of memory.
Practise in the other sense is often used as a verb - or to do something.
Both can actually be applied to that though.

[bubbles4920]

practice is an object ie a noun and practise is a doing word ie a verb.
noun eg i need lots of practice
verb eg i must practise alot
hope this has simplified things for you Scarlett.