Eligible vs Qualification - What's the difference?
eligible | qualification |
Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.
One who is eligible.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 3, author=Diane Ravitch, title=Get Congress Out of the Classroom, work=New York Times
, passage=Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.}}
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
(obsolete) A quality or attribute.
*1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
*:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
As an adjective eligible
is eligible.As a noun qualification is
a clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.eligible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.Synonyms
* qualifiedAntonyms
* ineligible * unqualifiedNoun
(en noun)citation
qualification
English
(wikipedia qualification)Noun
(en noun)- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- What are your qualifications for this job?
