Conversant vs. Competent

Conversantadjective

Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.

Competentadjective

Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.

‘He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.’;

Conversantadjective

Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.

‘She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.’;

Competentadjective

(legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.

‘For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.’; ‘judicial authority having competent jurisdiction’;

Conversantadjective

(obsolete) Concerned; occupied.

Competentadjective

Adequate for the purpose

Conversantnoun

One who converses with another.

Competentadjective

permeable to foreign DNA

Conversantadjective

Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.

‘I have been conversant with the first persons of the age.’;

Competentadjective

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

Conversantadjective

Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; - generally used with with, sometimes with in.

‘Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.’; ‘he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all.’; ‘Conversant only with the ways of men.’;

Competentadjective

Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; - followed by to.

‘That is the privilege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being.’;

Conversantadjective

Concerned; occupied.

‘Education . . . is conversant about children.’;

Competentadjective

properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient;

‘a competent typist’;

Conversantnoun

One who converses with another; a convenser.

Competentadjective

adequate for the purpose;

‘a competent performance’;

Conversantadjective

(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly;

‘conversant with business trends’; ‘familiar with the complex machinery’; ‘he was familiar with those roads’;