Is Wavelet Transform better than FT if I'm only interested in knowing the frequencies and not interested of when did they happen?

I'm still in the first stages of learning about these different transformations. But one thing that came to my mind while learning about them is the question above. I learned that FT can only detect the frequencies in a signal without giving us much knowledge about when these frequencies happen. Therefore, WT came here to be a great solution. However, does WT do any better job than FT in detecting the frequencies, or is the time problem the only improvement?

• FT is a frequency transformation, CWT and STFT are time-frequency transformations. – endolith Jun 28 '17 at 16:50
• Yes, you are right! But If I read the frequency from a CWT plot, would it be more accurate from reading it from an FT plot? – Robot0110 Jun 28 '17 at 17:48
• @ I'm not sure they can be compared, since CWT gives you many measurements of the frequency, and FT only gives you one. If the frequency is constant for the entire signal, FT would be more accurate because it covers more of the signal. – endolith Jun 28 '17 at 18:01