competent vs proficient

competent

adj
  • Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. 

  • Resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. 

  • Adequate for the purpose. 

  • Permeable to foreign DNA. 

proficient

adj
  • Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill. 

noun
  • An expert. 

How often have the words competent and proficient occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )