Fluent vs Advanced - What's the difference?
fluent | advanced |
That flows; flowing, liquid.
*, II.12:
(linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
(advance)
(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
Enhanced.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
* Hawthorne
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
As adjectives the difference between fluent and advanced
is that fluent is that flows; flowing, liquid while advanced is (at or close to state of the art)At or close to the state of the art.As a verb advanced is
past tense of advance.fluent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- fluent handwriting
- For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent , without ever being stable or permanent.
Usage notes
In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency'' broadly, while in narrow use it refers to speaking a language ''flowingly, rather than haltingly.Anagrams
* ----advanced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles