Adequate vs. Proficient — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Adequate and Proficient
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Adequate
Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity
Adequate resources and funding
This office is perfectly adequate for my needs
Proficient
Competent or skilled in doing or using something
I was proficient at my job
She felt reasonably proficient in Italian
Adequate
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.
Proficient
A person who is proficient
He became a proficient in Latin and Greek
Adequate
Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
Powers adequate to a great work
An adequate definition
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Proficient
Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.
Adequate
A sufficient amount of; enough.
We have adequate money for the journey.
Proficient
A person who exhibits such competence; an expert.
Adequate
(obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.
Proficient
Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
Adequate
(obsolete) To equal.
Proficient
An expert.
Adequate
Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
Ireland had no adequate champion.
Proficient
One who has made considerable advances in any business, art, science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc.
Adequate
To equalize; to make adequate.
Proficient
Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,
Adequate
To equal.
It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity.
Proficient
Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
Adept in handicrafts
An adept juggler
An expert job
A good mechanic
A practiced marksman
A proficient engineer
A lesser-known but no less skillful composer
The effect was achieved by skillful retouching
Adequate
(sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task;
She had adequate training
Her training was adequate
She was adequate to the job
Adequate
Enough to meet a purpose;
An adequate income
The food was adequate
A decent wage
Enough food
Food enough
Adequate
About average; acceptable;
More than adequate as a secretary
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