Excels vs Proficient - What's the difference?
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(excel)
To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
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To be much better than others.
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* 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at:
(rare) To exceed, to go beyond
* 1674 , Paradise lost, , by Milton
* XIX century , , by Emily Dickinson
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
As a verb excels
is (excel).As an adjective proficient is
good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.As a noun proficient is
an expert.excels
English
Verb
(head)excel
English
Verb
(excell)- La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If
you want enemies, excel' your friends; but if you want
friends, let your friends '''excel''' you."
Why is that true? Because when our friends '''excel''' us,
that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we ' excel
them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses
envy and jealousy.
- I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
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- If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
- She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood
- I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?
proficient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
- By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone originated and became proficient .