Exemplar vs Proficient - What's the difference?
exemplar | proficient |
Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
A role model.
Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or writing.
(obsolete) Exemplary.
*, II.8:
*:in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare , than yours.
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Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
As nouns the difference between exemplar and proficient
is that exemplar is exemplar while proficient is an expert.As an adjective proficient is
good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.exemplar
English
(wikipedia exemplar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) exemplaire, from exemplarium, from (etyl) exemplum.Noun
(en noun)- (Udall)
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoEtymology 2
From (etyl) exemplaire, and its source, (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)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 .