A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPETENCE AND COMPETENCY

Abstract

There has been a hot discussion among researchers about difference between the concepts of “competence” and “competency”. At the beginning of twenties century, the initial explanations of these two terms occurred, giving diverse definitions by scholars. Some of them considered these two terms synonyms, while the others support the idea of antonyms. Even though both words’ roots dated from Latin language, the usage and meaning differ from each other. the following article discusses both opinion and illustrates author’s point of view.