Capable and Great

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Capable adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.

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Great and capable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Capable".

Nearby Words: capability, capably

Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.

Usage example: one of the great anthropologists

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Capable and great are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capable" instead an adjective "Great".

Nearby Words: greatly, greatness

Like the Librarian, he can't talk, but he's smarter than Junpei, capable of detecting shadows, is great with a knife, and is capable of summoning a Persona.

Source: Intellectual Animal
Instead of "great evil" there's just rampant irresponsibility, but the planet is capable of blowing out entire nebulae of smog.

Source: Polluted Wasteland
A power that is defined solely by wording, and thus capable of a great deal of stretching what it is capable of.

Source: Semantic Superpower

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