Practice and Science

Practice

Practice noun - A private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance.

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Science and practice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Science" instead a noun "Practice".

Science noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.

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Practice and science are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Practice" instead a noun "Science".

Nearby Words: scientist, sciential

known	known practice	known science
human	human practice	human science
old	old practice	old science
good	good practice	good science
Other adjectives: normal, regular, established, current, proper, actual, real, serious, little, bad, ancient, new, modern, magical, medical, real-life, real-world.

Actually using sorcery requires practice and study and is more akin to a science, but having the ability in the first place seems to usually require the patronage of a god.

Source: Religion Is Magic
Stewart and Cohen discuss the nature and practice of science, itself.The Science of Discworld series contains examples of: Alternate History: Several in the later books, all of them ending with humanity failing to invent the Space Elevator before it's Giant Snowball Time.

Source: Discworld / The Science of Discworld
But she doesn't believe in magic, even though her own parents are both science teachers who practice magic.

Source: Arbitrary Skepticism

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