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Fluency vs Fluent - What's the difference?

fluency | fluent |

Fluent is a related term of fluency.



In linguistics terms the difference between fluency and fluent

is that fluency is the quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language while fluent is able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.

As a noun fluency

is the quality of smoothness of flow.

As an adjective fluent is

that flows; flowing, liquid.

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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    fluent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That flows; flowing, liquid.
  • fluent handwriting
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  • For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent , without ever being stable or permanent.
  • (linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
  • Usage notes

    In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency'' broadly, while in narrow use it refers to speaking a language ''flowingly, rather than haltingly.

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