Practice
Trick
Trick noun - A usual manner of behaving or doing.
Usage example: that deadbeat is up to his usual tricks: once again he's claiming the check is in the mail
Practice is a synonym for trick in characteristic topic. Sometimes you can use "Practice" instead a noun "Trick", if it concerns topics such as mannerism.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The same trick is used by Patrick Jane in The Mentalist; it is explicitly the result of considerable training and practice, not an innate ability.
Source: Photographic Memory -
It is one of the most difficult and dangerous trick shots, requiring years of practice, precise preparation, extreme levels of skill, and a well maintained firearm to successfully perform.
Source: Pinball Projectile -
She wants to go trick or treating despite the fact that it is not a practice done in Japan.
Source: All Hallows' Eve
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