Prepared vs Capable - What's the difference?
prepared | capable |
Willing.
(prepare)
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
(obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in. Construed with of'', ''for or an infinitive.
* 1775 Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' (''Works 10.479):
As adjectives the difference between prepared and capable
is that prepared is willing while capable is able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.As a verb prepared
is (prepare).prepared
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.
Verb
(head)Statistics
*capable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is capable and efficient.
- He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
- As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
- That fact is not capable of proof.
- He has begun a road capable of a wheel-carriage.
