Apt vs Fluent - What's the difference?
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Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
* (1628–1699)
* (1834-1913)
* (Fairfax Harrison) (1869-1938)
Ready]]; especially fitted or [[qualify, qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
* (rfdate) Johnson
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:(Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.
That flows; flowing, liquid.
*, II.12:
(linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
As adjectives the difference between apt and fluent
is that apt is suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited while fluent is that flows; flowing, liquid.As a noun APT
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English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt , since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
- a river apt to be forded by a lamb
- My vines and peacheswere apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
- This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- An apt wit.
Synonyms
(split by senses) * disposed, predisposed, inclined, liable, tending towards * appropriate, suitable, meet * fit, qualified * prompt, quick * ready * See alsoDerived terms
() * aptly * aptnessAnagrams
*fluent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- fluent handwriting
- For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent , without ever being stable or permanent.
