different between prepared vs eligible

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???p??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Hyphenation: pre?pared

Adjective

prepared (comparative more prepared, superlative most prepared)

1. (followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).

   The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.

Hyponyms

• well-prepared

Translations

Verb

prepared

1. simple past tense and past participle of prepare

References

• prepared at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dapperer

English

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ?lig? (“select, choose”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?d??b(?)l/

Adjective

eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)

1. allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
2. worthy of being chosen (for marriage)

Usage notes

Used in the phrase eligible bachelor to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

Synonyms

• qualified

Antonyms

• ineligible
• unqualified

Related terms

• eligibility
• eligibly
• elite
• elect
• elegant
• choosable
• licensed

See also

• illegible

Translations

Noun

eligible (plural eligibles)

1. One who is eligible.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.

Adjective

eligible m or f (plural eligibles)

1. choosable; selectable (that one can choose)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (eligible, supplement)