Skill vs. Talent
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.
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
Skillnoun
(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Skilladjective
Great, excellent.
Skillverb
(transitive) To set apart; separate.
Skillverb
To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
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.
Skillnoun
Knowledge; understanding.
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.
Skillnoun
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Skillnoun
Any particular art.
Skillverb
To know; to understand.
Skillverb
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
Skillverb
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; - used impersonally.
Skillnoun
an ability that has been acquired by training
Skillnoun
ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;
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.
Talentnoun
A marked natural ability or skill.
Talentnoun
(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
Talentnoun
(obsolete) A desire or inclination for something.
Talentnoun
People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
Talentnoun
(slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
Talentnoun
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
Talentnoun
Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
Talentnoun
Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
Talentnoun
Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
Talentnoun
natural qualities or talents
Talentnoun
a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
Talentnoun
natural aptitude or skill
Talentnoun
people possessing natural aptitude or skill
Talentnoun
people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners
Talentnoun
a former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks
