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Proficient vs Talent - What's the difference?

proficient | talent |

As nouns the difference between proficient and talent

is that proficient is an expert while talent is a unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.

As an adjective proficient

is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.

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

    talent

    English

    (wikipedia talent)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
  • * 1611 , Authorized Version, (w) XXV 14-15:
  • For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents , to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
  • (label) A desire or inclination for something.
  • * :
  • But my hede said sir Palomydes I wille not ryde these thre dayes // therfor I pray you syr Dynadan abyde and ryde with vs / Feythfully said Dynadan I wylle not abyde for I haue suche a talent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym
  • A marked natural ability or skill.
  • (label) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
  • * 2011 , Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life! (page 179)
  • I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.

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