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Competent vs Arrogant - What's the difference?

competent | arrogant |

As adjectives the difference between competent and arrogant

is that competent is competent (able) while arrogant is having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.

competent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
  • He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
  • (legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
  • For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
    judicial authority having competent jurisdiction
  • Adequate for the purpose
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
  • "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 , 1922

    arrogant

    English

    (arrogance)

    Alternative forms

    * arrogaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.
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  • Usage notes

    * Said of people, statements, etc.

    Synonyms

    * conceited * condescending * disdainful * haughty * high-handed * narcissistic * overbearing * presumptuous * supercilious * proud * vain * See also

    Antonyms

    * humble * modest

    Derived terms

    * arrogantly

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