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Proficient vs Intermediary - What's the difference?

proficient | intermediary |

As adjectives the difference between proficient and intermediary

is that proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill while intermediary is intermediate.

As nouns the difference between proficient and intermediary

is that proficient is an expert while intermediary is an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.

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

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    intermediary

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Intermediate.

    • Noun

    (intermediaries)
  • An agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.
  • *
    • A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world
  • An arranger of a contract or other agreement who is separate from the parties to the agreement
  • One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
  • A person or organisation in an intermediate position in a supply chain of goods or services
    • The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler