Skilled vs Proficient - What's the difference?
skilled | proficient |
(skill)
Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
Proficient is a synonym of skilled.
As adjectives the difference between skilled and proficient
is that skilled is having or showing skill; skilful while proficient is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.As a verb skilled
is past tense of skill.As a noun proficient is
an expert.skilled
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Etymology 1
From (skill) (noun)Synonyms
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*proficient
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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 .