different between proficiency vs penchant

English

Etymology

From Latin proficientem, from proficere.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr??fiSH?ns?, IPA^(key): /p???f???nsi/

Noun

proficiency (countable and uncountable, plural proficiencies)

1. Ability, skill, competence.

   a test of proficiency in English

   to attain (or to reach) proficiency

Synonyms

• ability
• command
• competence
• skill
• See also Thesaurus:skill

Translations

Further reading

• proficiency in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “proficiency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendic?re, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang, to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?n??n/, [?p?????]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?nt???nt/

Noun

penchant (countable and uncountable, plural penchants)

1. Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
   • 2019, Idles, "Never Fight a Man With a Perm", Joy as an Act of Resistance.

   He has a penchant for fine wine.

2. (card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
3. (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

Synonyms

• desire, see also Thesaurus:predilection

Related terms

Translations

French

Noun

penchant m (plural penchants)

1. penchant

Verb

penchant

1. present participle of pencher

Further reading

• “penchant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).