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Eligible vs Qualifying - What's the difference?

eligible | qualifying |

As an adjective eligible

is eligible.

As a verb qualifying is

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As a noun qualifying is

a qualification or added condition.

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.}}

    qualifying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * qualifying position

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A qualification or added condition.
  • * 1748 , Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
    • No expostulations! No buts, girl! No qualifyings , I will be obeyed, I tell you; and chearfully too!
  • An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
  • * 2013 , Robert Nisbet, Teachers and Scholars
    • Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings .