Fluency vs Proficient - What's the difference?
fluency | proficient |
The quality of smoothness of flow
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.
The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
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Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
As nouns the difference between fluency and proficient
is that fluency is the quality of smoothness of flow while proficient is an expert.As an adjective proficient is
good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.fluency
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Noun
(wikipedia fluency) (fluencies)citation, page= , passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
References
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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 .