Fluent vs Conversant - What's the difference?
fluent | conversant |
That flows; flowing, liquid.
*, II.12:
(linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction
familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed
* Dryden
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
* Wotton
As adjectives the difference between fluent and conversant
is that fluent is that flows; flowing, liquid while conversant is closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.As a noun conversant is
one who converses with another.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.
Usage notes
In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency'' broadly, while in narrow use it refers to speaking a language ''flowingly, rather than haltingly.Anagrams
* ----conversant
English
Alternative forms
* conversaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
- deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy
- He uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all.
- If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.