Skill vs. Efficiency
Skillnoun
Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
Efficiencynoun
The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
‘The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.’;
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Efficiencynoun
(dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
Efficiencynoun
The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.
‘The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.’;
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Efficiencynoun
A one-room apartment.
‘I have an efficiency available June through July.’; ‘fully-furnished efficiencies’;
Skilladjective
Great, excellent.
Efficiencynoun
the ratio of the output to the input of any system
Skillverb
(transitive) To set apart; separate.
Efficiencynoun
skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort;
‘she did the work with great efficiency’;
Skillverb
To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
Efficiency
Efficiency is the (often measurable) ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.
Skillverb
To know; to understand.
Skillverb
(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
Skillverb
(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
Skillverb
To make a difference; signify; matter.
Skillverb
(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
Skillnoun
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
‘For great skill is, he prove that he wrought.’;
Skillnoun
Knowledge; understanding.
‘That by his fellowship he color mightBoth his estate and love from skill of any wight.’; ‘Nor want we skill or art.’;
Skillnoun
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.
‘Phocion, . . . by his great wisdom and skill at negotiations, diverted Alexander from the conquest of Athens.’; ‘Where patience her sweet skill imparts.’;
Skillnoun
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
‘Richard . . . by a thousand princely skills, gathering so much corn as if he meant not to return.’;
Skillnoun
Any particular art.
‘Learned in one skill, and in another kind of learning unskillful.’;
Skillverb
To know; to understand.
‘To skill the arts of expressing our mind.’;
Skillverb
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
‘I can not skill of these thy ways.’;
Skillverb
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; - used impersonally.
‘What skills it, if a bag of stones or goldAbout thy neck do drown thee?’; ‘It skills not talking of it.’;
Skillnoun
an ability that has been acquired by training
Skillnoun
ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;
‘the skill of a well-trained boxer’; ‘the sweet science of pugilism’;
Skill
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.
