Proficient vs. Prolific

Proficientadjective

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.’;

Prolificadjective

Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.

Proficientnoun

An expert.

Prolificadjective

Similarly producing results or works in abundance

Proficientnoun

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.

Prolificadjective

Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; - applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; - usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

Proficientadjective

Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,

Prolificadjective

Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

Proficientadjective

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’;

Prolificadjective

Proliferous.

Proficientadjective

competent or skilled in doing or using something

‘I was proficient at my job’; ‘she felt reasonably proficient in Italian’;

Prolificadjective

intellectually productive;

‘a prolific writer’; ‘a fecund imagination’;

Proficientnoun

a person who is proficient

‘he became a proficient in Latin and Greek’;

Prolificadjective

bearing in abundance especially offspring;

‘flying foxes are extremely prolific’; ‘a prolific pear tree’;