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Eligible vs Qualified - What's the difference?

eligible | qualified |

Qualified is a synonym of eligible.



As adjectives the difference between eligible and qualified

is that eligible is suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something while qualified is meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

As a noun eligible

is one who is eligible.

As a verb qualified is

past tense of qualify.

eligible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.

    • Usage notes

    Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

    Related terms

    * eligibility * eligibly * elite * choosable * licensed

    Synonyms

    * qualified

    Antonyms

    * ineligible * unqualified

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 citation
    • , 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.}}

    qualified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
  • Restricted or limited by conditions.
    • Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.

    Antonyms

    * unqualified

    Verb

    (head)
  • (qualify)