Competent vs Advanced - What's the difference?
competent | advanced |
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
(legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
Adequate for the purpose
* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
(advance)
(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
Enhanced.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
* Hawthorne
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
As adjectives the difference between competent and advanced
is that competent is having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications while advanced is (at or close to state of the art)At or close to the state of the art.As a verb advanced is
past tense of advance.competent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
- For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
- judicial authority having competent jurisdiction
- "For if [birds] had been Viviparous , the burthen of their womb, if they had brought forth any competent number at a time, had been so big and heavy, that their wings would have failed them "
Quotations
* "I believe in that myself because it has been explained by competent men as the convolutions of the grey matter." - James Joyce, Ulysses , 1922 * "That as a competent keyless citizen he had proceeded energetically from the unknown to the known through the incertitude of the void." - James Joyce, Ulysses , 1922advanced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles