efficient vs effective
Definitions
adjective
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
Examples
Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending?
The art of writing a good chess program is thinking of efficient short cuts through the search-space.
Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose.
Definitions
adjective
- ready for service
- works well as a means or remedy
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
Examples
On the ranges of Fort Devens, the troops were put through their paces on US weapons, from the stock-in-trade M16 assault rifle to the frighteningly-effective M249 SAW light machine gun.
Particulates and dust in Earth's atmosphere along the line of sight tend to absorb blue light more effectively than red light.
Thus, developing a vaccine directed against one or a few capsular polysaccharides may not be widely effective.
