different between versed vs capable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??(r)st/
• Rhymes: -??(r)st

Adjective

versed (comparative more versed, superlative most versed)

1. knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced
   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     opinions […] derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age

Translations

Verb

versed

1. past tense of verse

See also

• versed sine

Anagrams

• Devers, Verdes, served

Hungarian

Etymology

vers +? -ed (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?r??d]
• Hyphenation: ver?sed

Noun

versed

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of vers

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin cap?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?p?bl?/

Adjective

capable (comparative more capable, superlative most capable)

1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

2. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• incapable

Derived terms

• capability (noun)

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “capable”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• pacable

French

Etymology

From Latin capabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pabl/

Adjective

capable (plural capables)

1. able, capable

See also

• cap'

Further reading

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