Proficient vs Commendable - What's the difference?
proficient | commendable |
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable or meritorious.
* circa 1600 , The Merchant of Venice ,Act I, scene I:
As adjectives the difference between proficient and commendable
is that proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill while commendable is worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable or meritorious.As a noun proficient
is an expert.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
* * ----commendable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- LThanks,i' faith; for silence is only commendable /In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible.