Ability vs. Gift

(obsolete) Suitableness.

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.

Example: ‘This phone has the ability to have its software upgraded wirelessly.’; ‘This wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.’;

The legal wherewithal to act.

Physical power.

(archaic) Financial ability.

(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.

(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.

Example: ‘They are persons of ability, who will go far in life.’; ‘She has an uncanny ability to defuse conflict.’;

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; - in the plural, faculty, talent.

Example: ‘Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren.’; ‘Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study.’; ‘The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability.’;

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

Example: ‘danger heightened his powers of discrimination’;

possession of the means or skill to do something

Example: ‘the manager had lost his ability to motivate the players’;

talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area

Example: ‘pupils of all abilities’; ‘a man of exceptional ability’;

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

A talent or natural ability.

Example: ‘She had a gift for playing the flute.’;

Something gained incidentally, without effort.

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

Example: ‘The office is in the gift of the President.’;

(transitive) To give as a gift or donation.

(transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

Example: ‘Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . .I can command ?’;

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

A bribe; anything given to corrupt.

Example: ‘Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise.’;

Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.

To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.

Example: ‘He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity.’;

something acquired without compensation

natural qualities or talents

the act of giving

give qualities or abilities to

give as a present; make a gift of;

Example: ‘What will you give her for her birthday?’;

A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or anything in return. An item is not a gift if that item is already owned by the one to whom it is given.