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Fluency vs Eloquency - What's the difference?

fluency | eloquency |

As nouns the difference between fluency and eloquency

is that fluency is the quality of smoothness of flow while eloquency is (nonstandard) eloquence.

fluency

English

Noun

(wikipedia fluency) (fluencies)
  • The quality of smoothness of flow
  • (linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.
  • The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
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    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}

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    eloquency

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) Eloquence.