skill vs literacy
literacy vs skillskill and literacy both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| skill | Yes | No | No | No |
| literacy | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
literacy is a hyponym of
skill; that is, literacy is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
skill:
- skill: an ability that has been acquired by training
- literacy: the ability to read and write
Other hyponyms of skill include
craft, craftsmanship, workmanship, horsemanship, marksmanship, mastership, mixology, numeracy, oarsmanship, salesmanship, seamanship, showmanship, soldiering, soldiership, swordsmanship.
| skill (noun) | literacy (noun) |
|---|---|
| ability to produce solutions in some problem domain | the ability to read and write |
| an ability that has been acquired by training |
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