Connotations given by the word adequate in comparison to capable are actually quite different.
When one defines a man as adequate, they usually aim to mean that the person is just barely up to par. Much in the same way that one can go into a test and come out with an "adequate" passing score of an 80, no-where near failing but not exactly fantastic either, one at work can be quite "adequate" in that they reach only for a decent amount of work and do it moderately well. These people who are "adequate" could probably do "well" (not outstanding, but well) but just feel like there isn't much of a point trying to do something and being simply "good" at it and not "great" or "outstanding"; these kinds of people would rather settle with the "adequate" with much less effort put into that result.
Someone who might be looked at as "capable" may also have the same type of initial potential and results, being "adequate", yet may have more overall future potential. In the same time someone not working at all only to be adequate may be totally "capable" of more, even much more to the point of being "great" and "amazing". Thus this word, capable, actually has both a negative and positive connotation. When taken with a negative connotation the person in question being "capable" can also be coupled in description as being "adequate" in how he or she does. What one would hope to see more often, however, is the positive connotation. One that shows how someone is showing an effort and can go even farther than "adequate".
When one defines a man as adequate, they usually aim to mean that the person is just barely up to par. Much in the same way that one can go into a test and come out with an "adequate" passing score of an 80, no-where near failing but not exactly fantastic either, one at work can be quite "adequate" in that they reach only for a decent amount of work and do it moderately well. These people who are "adequate" could probably do "well" (not outstanding, but well) but just feel like there isn't much of a point trying to do something and being simply "good" at it and not "great" or "outstanding"; these kinds of people would rather settle with the "adequate" with much less effort put into that result.
Someone who might be looked at as "capable" may also have the same type of initial potential and results, being "adequate", yet may have more overall future potential. In the same time someone not working at all only to be adequate may be totally "capable" of more, even much more to the point of being "great" and "amazing". Thus this word, capable, actually has both a negative and positive connotation. When taken with a negative connotation the person in question being "capable" can also be coupled in description as being "adequate" in how he or she does. What one would hope to see more often, however, is the positive connotation. One that shows how someone is showing an effort and can go even farther than "adequate".
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