Capable vs Trained - What's the difference?
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Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
(obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in. Construed with of'', ''for or an infinitive.
* 1775 Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' (''Works 10.479):
Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
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, chapter=19 Manipulated in shape or habit.
(train)
As adjectives the difference between capable and trained
is that capable is able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something while trained is having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).As a verb trained is
past tense of train.capable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is capable and efficient.
- He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
- As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
- That fact is not capable of proof.
- He has begun a road capable of a wheel-carriage.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* incapableDerived terms
* capability nounReferences
*Anagrams
* ----trained
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}