Exceptional vs Proficient - What's the difference?
exceptional | proficient |
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
Better than the average; superior due to rarity.
Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
As adjectives the difference between exceptional and proficient
is that exceptional is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare while proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.As a noun proficient is
an expert.exceptional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What an exceptional flower!
- The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- an exceptional''' curve; an '''exceptional divisor
Synonyms
* See also * (l)Antonyms
* categoricalDerived terms
* exceptional space * exceptionallyproficient
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 .