Qualified vs Available - What's the difference?
qualified | available |
Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
Restricted or limited by conditions.
(qualify)
Such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
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(legal) Valid.
(archaic) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy to achieve the purpose; availing, effective.
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Not in a romantic relationship; single.
As adjectives the difference between qualified and available
is that qualified is meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position while available is such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.As a verb qualified
is (qualify).qualified
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.
Antonyms
* unqualifiedVerb
(head)available
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.}}
- We have an available candidate.
- The list shows the available products in the store.
- This is an available plea.
- I asked her if she was available but she said she had a boyfriend.
