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Fluency vs Fluence - What's the difference?

fluency | fluence |

As nouns the difference between fluency and fluence

is that fluency is the quality of smoothness of flow while fluence is fluency.

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
  • * {{quote-news
    • , 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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    fluence

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia fluence) From (etyl) fluence.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Fluency.
    • a voluble and smart fluence of tongue — Milton.
  • (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation).

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened form of influence.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 191:
    • I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.