Proportionate vs Competent - What's the difference?
proportionate | competent | Related terms |
In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
* John Locke
Harmonious and symmetrical.
To make proportionate.
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:
Proportionate is a related term of competent.
As adjectives the difference between proportionate and competent
is that proportionate is in proportion; proportional; commensurable while competent is competent (able).As a verb proportionate
is to make proportionate.proportionate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What is proportionate to his transgression.
Antonyms
* (in proportion) disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate * (harmonious and symmetrical)Verb
(proportionat)See also
* apportion English heteronyms ----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 "