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Proficient vs Finished - What's the difference?

proficient | finished |

As adjectives the difference between proficient and finished

is that proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill while finished is (label) processed or perfected.

As a noun proficient

is an expert.

As a verb finished is

(finish).

proficient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
    • He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • 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, practiced

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expert.

    • Synonyms

    * (expert) expert; see also

    Related terms

    * profit * profitability * profitable * profiteer * proficiency

    External links

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    finished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Processed or perfected.
  • Completed; concluded; done.
  • Done for; doomed; used up.

    • Synonyms

    * in the books

    Antonyms

    * unfinished

    Derived terms

    * finished product

    Verb

    (head)
  • (finish)
    • He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.

    Anagrams

    * fiendish