Incompetency vs. Incompetence

Incompetencynoun

The condition of being incompetent.

Incompetencynoun

lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

Incompetencenoun

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

Incompetencenoun

The quality or state of being incompetent; lack of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; lack of qualifications or training (for a particular task); insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child for hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts.

Incompetencenoun

Lack of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.

Incompetencenoun

lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

Incompetencenoun

inability of a part or organ to function properly