Deficient vs Proficient - What's the difference?
deficient | proficient |
Lacking something essential; often construed with'' in .
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
As adjectives the difference between deficient and proficient
is that deficient is deficient while proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.As a noun proficient is
an expert.deficient
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(en adjective)External links
* * ----proficient
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(en adjective)- He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
- By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone originated and became proficient .