Proficient vs Advanced - What's the difference?
proficient | advanced |
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
(advance)
(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
Enhanced.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
* Hawthorne
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
As adjectives the difference between proficient and advanced
is that proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill while advanced is (at or close to state of the art)At or close to the state of the art.As a noun proficient
is an expert.As a verb advanced is
past tense of advance.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 .
Synonyms
* (good at) skilled, fluent, practicedSynonyms
* (expert) expert; see alsoExternal links
* * ----advanced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles