Proficient vs Versatile - What's the difference?
proficient | versatile |
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
Capable of doing many things competently.
Having varied uses or many functions.
Changeable or inconstant.
(biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
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As adjectives the difference between proficient and versatile
is that proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill while versatile is capable of doing many things competently.As a noun proficient
is an expert.proficient
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 .