Skill vs. Qualification — What's the Difference?

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.

The act of qualifying or the condition of being qualified

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

A quality, ability, or accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task.

A developed talent or ability

A condition or circumstance that must be met or complied with

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

A restriction or modification

(Obsolete) A reason; a cause.

The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.

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

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.

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

(UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.

(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.

A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.

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

(obsolete) A quality or attribute.

Great, excellent.

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

(transitive) To set apart; separate.

That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.

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

The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.

To know; to understand.

An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something;

(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.

The act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea;

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

A statement that limits or restricts some claim;

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;