Proficient vs Exceeds - What's the difference?
proficient | exceeds |
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
(exceed)
To be larger, greater than (something).
To be better than (something).
To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
* Shakespeare
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To predominate.
(obsolete) To overdo.
As an adjective proficient
is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.As a noun proficient
is an expert.As a verb exceeds is
third-person singular of exceed.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
* * ----exceeds
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Verb
(head)exceed
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Alternative forms
* excede (dated)Verb
(en verb)- The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
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