Effective and Practiced

Effective

Effective adjective - Producing or capable of producing a desired result.
Usage example: an effective treatment of the once-dreaded disease

Practiced and effective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Practiced" instead an adjective "Effective".

Practiced

Practiced adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded

Effective and practiced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effective" instead an adjective "Practiced".

Both words in one sentence

  • Fan Fic / To the Stars It's called "befriending." Mostly practiced before MSY became an official entity, but still effective to this day.
  • Stall play style, which involves heavily defensive Pokémon and the use of moves more situated to gradually wearing down the opponent rather than direct offense, causes long battles but is very effective and to this day is still practiced regularly.
  • In gridiron football, "icing" the kickernote calling a timeout just before the ball is snapped on a field goal kick, with the intent of the kicker making the kick before he notices the timeout call is a dubiously effective yet commonly practiced method of Pause Scumming.
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