Eligible vs Prerequisite - What's the difference?
eligible | prerequisite |
Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.
One who is eligible.
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Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq .
As adjectives the difference between eligible and prerequisite
is that eligible is eligible while prerequisite is required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.As a noun prerequisite is
something that must be gained in order to gain something else.eligible
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(en adjective)Usage notes
Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.Synonyms
* qualifiedAntonyms
* ineligible * unqualifiedNoun
(en noun)citation
prerequisite
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* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing.
- Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics .