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Talent is innate. Skill is practiced. If you're passionate enough about something that you happen to have a natural affinity for in order to hone your skills,
by CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
Talent is innate.
Skill is practiced.
If you're passionate enough about something that you happen to have a natural affinity for in order to hone your skills, I call that a gift.
- reitanqild 10y agoNot a native speaker but I also find that odd: I always thought talented referred to the parable about the servants who were given talents, and as such I would expect that talented and gifted would be almost the same.
- CiPHPerCoder 10y agoDisclaimer: I shouldn't be regarded as any sort of authority on the English language. I sort of decide what words mean to me, publish them, and then stick to those definitions (while pointing anyone confused towards the published definitions). There's probably a better way to classify these ideas without tripping over other peoples' lexicographic pedantry, but this is the Internet and you're always going to find a contrary opinion no matter what you do. The winning move is to not play. Thus: talent: natural affinity skill: aptitude gained through effort gifted: a person who is both talented and skilled in an area
- dcookie 10y agoI assume you are referring to Jesus' "parable of the talents". If so, it is dealing with money, not skills. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent_(weight) https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent_(weight)
- contravariant 10y agoI just found it weird that you chose the word 'gift' as something less innate than a 'talent'. It's also interesting that 'talent' used to have the meaning 'A desire or inclination for something', which is similar to your use of the word gift. Anyway, I won't say the way you're using those words is wrong, language is after all pretty flexible, it just didn't seem like the most obvious choice.
- adamsea 10y agoThis. +1+1