practice vs ritual

ritual vs practice

practice and ritual both are nouns.

practice is not an adjective while ritual is an adjective.

practice is a verb but ritual is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
practice	Yes	No	Yes	No
ritual	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, ritual is a hyponym of practice; that is, ritual is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than practice:

practice: a customary way of operation or behavior
ritual: the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

Other hyponyms of practice include biologism, cooperation, featherbedding, formalism, one-upmanship, pluralism, symbolisation, symbolism, symbolization, modernism, occult, occult arts, ornamentalism, cannibalism, careerism, custom, usage, usance, habitude, fashion, lobbyism, slaveholding, slavery, peonage, unwritten law, lynch law, mistreatment, nonconformism, calisthenics, callisthenics, papism, popery, quotation, ritualism, naturism, nudism, systematism, cross dressing, transvestism, transvestitism.

practice (noun)	ritual (noun)
a customary way of operation or behavior	any customary observance or practice
systematic training by multiple repetitions	the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
the exercise of a profession	stereotyped behavior
translating an idea into action
knowledge of how something is usually done

practice (adjective)	ritual (adjective)
	of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals
	of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals

practice (verb)	ritual (verb)
learn by repetition
engage in a rehearsal (of)
carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
avail oneself to
engage in or perform

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