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Versed vs Eligible - What's the difference?

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Versed is a related term of eligible.


As adjectives the difference between versed and eligible

is that versed is knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced while eligible is eligible.

versed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced
  • * Milton
    • deep versed in books and shallow in himself
  • * Southey
    • opinions derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age
  • * Macaulay
    • These men were versed in the details of business.

    See also

    * versed sine

    Anagrams

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    eligible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.

    • Usage notes

    Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

    Related terms

    * eligibility * eligibly * elite * choosable * licensed

    Synonyms

    * qualified

    Antonyms

    * ineligible * unqualified

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is eligible.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 3, author=Diane Ravitch, title=Get Congress Out of the Classroom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.}}