Does “bored” mean the same as “boring”? What’s the difference between “funny” and “fun”? Here are some commonly confused English word pairs.
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT effective - achieving the results that you want, it does what it is supposed to do
Examples:
It's an effective cure for a headache.
The only effective way to avoid hay fever at this time of the year, if you are a sufferer, is to stay indoors.
One of the effective sore throat remedies is using cayenne pepper hot and spicy gargle.
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efficient - something done in a good way, without wasting time, money or energy
Examples:
A car with an efficient engine is a car that travels a long way without using a lot of petrol.
Efficient engines save gas.
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things." - Peter F. Drucker
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