Experienced vs. Competent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Experienced and Competent
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Experienced
Having gained knowledge or skill in a particular field over time
An experienced social worker
She was experienced in marketing
Competent
Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable
A competent typist.
Experienced
Having had experience in an activity or in life in general
A highly experienced traveler.
Competent
Adequate for the purpose
A competent performance.
Experienced
Skilled or knowledgeable as the result of active participation or practice
Consulted an experienced investment counselor.
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Competent
(Law) Legally qualified or fit to perform an act.
Experienced
Having experience and skill in a subject.
Competent
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
Experienced
Experient.
Competent
(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
Experienced
Past participle of experience
Competent
Adequate for the purpose
Experienced
Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.
The ablest and most experienced statesmen.
Competent
Permeable to foreign DNA.
Experienced
Having become knowledgeable or skillful from observation or participation
Competent
(geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.
Competent
Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
Competent
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.
Competent
Properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient;
A competent typist
Competent
Adequate for the purpose;
A competent performance
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