Talk:proficiency

Would be nice if a native speaker could explain in which specific contexts the different variants are applicable.

I mean, there must be some difference between the term 'proficiency', 'ability', 'skill', 'competence'. These terms cannot always be interchanged I suppose.

RFV discussion
Rfv-sense: "knowledge". Seems dubious to me. ---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 08:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * and are attested, so this would cover the meaning of "knowledge" as opposed to "skill", right? --Dan Polansky (talk) 18:56, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Not to me, this is sense #1, which also says 'competence' and 'ability'. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:51, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * In common English usage, knowledge, as of a school subject, is a component of proficiency. To cite this definition wouldn't citations need to show that knowledge without other specific skills was meant? This seems likely to be very hard to find, if it exists at all. DCDuring TALK 18:28, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Failed. — Ungoliant (Falai)

OLP
Oral Language Proficiency Backinstadiums (talk) 18:08, 30 October 2022 (UTC)