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the competence and capacity of a steam depend on a streams velocity and discharge. Because the velocity and discharge of a given stream are not constant , the competence and capacity of a stream are not constant . competence and capacity vary along a stream and change throughout the year.
Competence would be a ratio, Capacity is max amount, volume, etc..
The measure of the largest particles a stream can carry is capacity.
The competence of a stream shows the maximum single load i.e. individual large rock, that the stream can move. It ignores the rest of the load in the river. The capacity would include the rest of the finer load so it is the whole load of the stream (including the large rock) Thus capacity will always be more than competence.
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium has a seating capacity of 62,512 people.
The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power., Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess., Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence., Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.
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able, accomplished, qualified, talented, gifted, efficient, competent
Competence refers to having the ability and knowledge to perform tasks correctly, while performance refers to the actual execution of those tasks in practice. Competence is the potential to perform well, while performance is the actual demonstration of that potential.
capability, ability, strength, capacity, character, dignity, endowment, competence, force, essence, nature, merit, scope, quality, power,
Broadly speaking they are similar in that both mean competence. The subtle difference is that ability is often attributed to living things, as it contains the additional meaning of proficiency and talent. Eg: Sam's ability to speak in public. Capacity, suggest not only the potential, but also the power to produce, experience, contain something, notion of volume, e.g. Sam's capacity to forgive.