Difference between Incapable and Incompetent

What is the difference between Incapable and Incompetent?

Incapable as an adjective is not being capable (of doing something); unable. while Incompetent as an adjective is unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.

Incapable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not being capable (of doing something); unable.

Example sentence: Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

Incompetent

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who is incompetent.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.

Example sentence: I start out with the assumption that a lawyer in a criminal case is going to be incompetent - substantially so. I find my assumption to be rarely wrong. Yet society starts out with the very opposite assumption.

We hope you now know whether to use Incapable or Incompetent in your sentence.

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