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Fluency vs Deftness - What's the difference?

fluency | deftness | Related terms |

Fluency is a related term of deftness.


As nouns the difference between fluency and deftness

is that fluency is the quality of smoothness of flow while deftness is the characteristic of being deft.

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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    deftness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The characteristic of being deft.