different between skillfulness vs aptitude

English

Etymology

From Middle English skylfulnesse, equivalent to skillful +? -ness.

Noun

skillfulness (usually uncountable, plural skillfulnesses)

1. The state or quality of being adept or skillful.

Synonyms

• skillage

Translations

English

Etymology

Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). Doublet of attitude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æpt??tju?d/

Noun

aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)

1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

   Synonyms: talent, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill

2. The condition of being suitable.

   Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability

Translations

Further reading

• aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aptitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin aptit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.ti.tyd/

Noun

aptitude f (plural aptitudes)

1. aptitude

Related terms

• apte

Further reading

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