What's the difference between skilful and talented?

Skilful


Definition:

  • (a.) See Skilful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Agüero’s run was as strong as it was skilful, beating four attempted tacklers in a drive into the penalty area that ended with him poking the ball past Ruddy as the goalkeeper came out to narrow the angle.
  • (2) You can also blast individual eyeballs from their sockets, or – if you're particularly skilful – make their testicles explode like a pair of microwaved eggs.
  • (3) "Let us give a warm welcome to this book," announced Douglas Hurd in the Daily Telegraph, "partly because it is a subtle and skilful narrative and partly because we in Britain still do not know what to make of General Charles de Gaulle ."
  • (4) But Jeff Koons, as hard and as skilfully as he may try, will never trump Blackpool prom in its full illuminated autumn evening glory.
  • (5) By contrast, skilful application of blood pressure measuring devices will increase one's understanding of blood pressure physiology, pathology, and response to treatment.
  • (6) My message to the Government is to build on the changing climate they have inspired and invest skilfully and generously in our urban fabric so that we can feel proud of our cities and proud of being a citizen.
  • (7) "We are lucky to have in Chris Blackhurst a skilful and highly respected journalist with long experience of both the Independent and the Standard and I thank him for what he has achieved as editor of the Independent.
  • (8) The defence is well structured and they have a quartet of forwards that are very fast, with one very skilful player like Musa.
  • (9) He was English history's most famous hunchback, but a sharp tailor and a skilful armourer may have disguised the curve in his spine, according to experts who examined the skeleton which has been identified as Richard III's.
  • (10) Christine Slottvedd Kimbriel, paintings conservator at the institute, said this showed the painting was much more skilfully executed than had been thought.
  • (11) Lewins’ skilful, driven documentary fills the void left by Ali’s silence with the voices of those who know him – his brother, one of his ex-wives, his business manager, his trainer, his son and daughters – and those who watched and wrote about him when he ruled the ring.
  • (12) Even defectors describe him as a skilful politician with the foresight to understand that nuclear diplomacy is a marathon, not a sprint.But the rapid rise of his youngest son, about whom the world knew practically nothing until his first official appearance with his father in 2010, has produced a vainglorious leader who, says Kim Kwang-jin, is "running too fast and doesn't know how to slow down".
  • (13) For while Morsi has skilfully negotiated the first major foreign policy crisis since the fall of Hosni Mubarak's regime, that success masks a host of challenges ahead for him.
  • (14) They enjoy a spate of possession down the right wing starring an amazing cameo from Mills and his absurd mix of skilful jinks and hopeless close control.
  • (15) Neither is a household name in the way Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson were in the contest four years ago, but both are skilful and fluent politicians.
  • (16) The archbishops’ essays’ real value is their willingness to ask questions about the boundaries of society – something we desperately need at a time when democratic politics can seem an ever more skilful way of deciding questions that interest fewer and fewer people.
  • (17) In the way he played, he was the embodiment of a Manchester United player – fast, skilful, entertaining and determined to win by playing exciting football.
  • (18) Nevertheless, when he wrote that Waugh was "brave, generous, funny and an extremely skilful writer," it may not have been the whole story, but it was a large and true part of it.
  • (19) Instead, wrath is skilfully misdirected by this government towards immigrants or the unemployed.
  • (20) She became a vociferous critic both of the supermarkets, and of the 80s "foodie" culture as satirised in The Official Foodie Handbook by Ann Barr and Paul Levy, a volume she loathed ("To be sure they are skilful enough in the arts of toadying to their public and providing it with a little giggle at itself, but the meaning of satire in the true sense eludes them," she wrote in her review for Tatler ).

Talented


Definition:

  • (a.) Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The greatest stars who emerged from the early talent shows – Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett – were artists with long careers.
  • (2) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
  • (3) He is a leader and helps manage the defence, while Pablo Armero can be a bit of a loose cannon but he is certainly a talented player.
  • (4) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
  • (5) Perhaps there were some other generations in Portuguese football with more talent, but they didn’t win.
  • (6) They were preceded by the publication of The Success and Failure of Picasso (1965) and Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the USSR (1969); in one, he made a hopeless mess of Picasso’s later career, though he was not alone in this; in the other, he elevated a brave dissident artist beyond his talents.
  • (7) She expressed her condolences to Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis, who did not attend the inquest, marking the loss of "a talented woman at such a young age".
  • (8) Britain's Got Talent had an average of 10.6 million (44%) for the fourth series opener last year and 10.3 million (45%) in 2009.
  • (9) His coding talent attracted attention early: a music-recommendation program he wrote as a teenager brought approaches from both Microsoft and AOL.
  • (10) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC
  • (11) Treasury secretary Tim Geithner called her an "exceptional talent" whose broad experience would "provide invaluable leadership for this indispensable institution at a critical time for the global economy".
  • (12) The entire point of encouraging social mobility is that people have different talents and we need to do better at ensuring they make the most of them.
  • (13) The new arrangements put more emphasis on elected members, but he says they do not have the talents to take on the job.
  • (14) I love showcasing my talents – not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.
  • (15) FWA chairman Andy Dunn said: "Those members who have been fortunate enough to be working at a match involving Luis Suárez have witnessed an astonishing talent first-hand.
  • (16) GROUP A FRANCE The hosts can call on their most talented group of players for a decade, with an exciting young generation featuring Raphaël Varane, Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann and Anthony Martial.
  • (17) We’ve both inherited our great good fortune through no skills or talents of our own.
  • (18) But the challenge facing Galliano is not simply to convince the fashion industry of his talent, which is still evident.
  • (19) From the shallow pool of talent to the lack of a definable playing style and questions over whether they can handle the step up from qualification to tournament football, this is now England.
  • (20) As a precociously talented young artist, his interests didn't lie with landscape or the countryside – "though I did collect frog spawn and things like that" – but more with the advertising, posters and signwriting he saw around town.