Familiar
Familiar adjective - Closely acquainted.
Proficient and familiar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proficient" instead an adjective "Familiar".
Proficient
Proficient adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Familiar and proficient are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Familiar" instead an adjective "Proficient".
Nearby Words: proficiency, proficiently
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Being trained academics, all of them are familiar with essential fundamentals of mathematics, physics and chemistry (Truth in Television for most natural scientists), some even a bit more than might realistically be expected, but none of them are by any means equally proficient in all disciplines.
Source: Literature / Der Schwarm
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