Responsibility vs. Skill — What's the Difference?

The state, quality, or fact of being responsible.

A skill is the learned ability to perform an action with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.

A duty or obligation that one is responsible for.

Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience

An expense, debt, or financial burden that one must pay.

A developed talent or ability

The amount of such expense, debt, or financial burden.

An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable. 18

(Obsolete) A reason; a cause.

The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.

Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.

A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.

(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

(military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success.

(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.

(military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.

(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

Great, excellent.

That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.

(transitive) To set apart; separate.

Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).

The social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;

To know; to understand.

The proper sphere or extent of your activities;

(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.

A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct;

(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.

To make a difference; signify; matter.

(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

Knowledge; understanding.

The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.

Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Any particular art.

To know; to understand.

To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.

To make a difference; to signify; to matter; - used impersonally.

An ability that has been acquired by training

Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;