Elite vs Talent - What's the difference?
elite | talent |
Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
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Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
* 1964 , "
(label) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
* 1611 , Authorized Version, (w) XXV 14-15:
(label) A desire or inclination for something.
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A marked natural ability or skill.
(label) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
* 2011 , Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life! (page 179)
As nouns the difference between elite and talent
is that elite is a special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society while talent is a unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.As an adjective elite
is of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.elite
English
(wikipedia elite)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage="Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite . In one tweet, Mujtahidd directly challenged Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd about his political history: "Did you resign or were you forced to resign from your post as head of the diwan [office] of the council of ministers?"}}
France's Culture Corps," Time , 7 Aug.,
- Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?
Derived terms
* global elite * power eliteExternal links
* * ----talent
English
(wikipedia talent)Noun
(en noun)- For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents , to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
- But my hede said sir Palomydes I wille not ryde these thre dayes // therfor I pray you syr Dynadan abyde and ryde with vs / Feythfully said Dynadan I wylle not abyde for I haue suche a talent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym
- I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.
