different between competency vs attainment

English

From French compétence.

competency (countable and uncountable, plural competencies)

(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
- 1612, John Smith, Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 178:
  the next day they returned unsuspected, leaving their confederates to follow, and in the interim, to convay them a competencie of all things they could […]
- 1892, Ambrose Bierce, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - A Holy Terror
  […] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116:
  He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. He knew that the lack made a man petty, mean, grasping; it distorted his character and caused him to view the world from a vulgar angle; when you had to consider every penny, money became of grotesque importance: you needed a competency to rate it at its proper value.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
  The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.

From attain +? -ment; compare Old French ataignement.

attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.

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