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Authenticity vs Effectiveness - What's the difference?

authenticity | effectiveness |

As nouns the difference between authenticity and effectiveness

is that authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original while effectiveness is the property of being effective, of achieving results.

authenticity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
    • I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
  • Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.
    • The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
  • (obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of being genuine) genuineness

    Antonyms

    * (quality of not being genuine) phoniness; forgery; fakeness; bogosity

    Related terms

    * authentically * authenticism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "authenticity")

    effectiveness

    English

    (wikipedia effectiveness)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of being effective, of achieving results.
    • The effectiveness of the drug was well established.
  • The capacity or potential for achieving results.
  • *
  • The degree to which something achieves results.
    • He questioned the effectiveness of the treatment.
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • United were having more possession but a sign of the effectiveness of Liverpool's defence was that it took the visitors 76 minutes to force Mignolet into serious action, when he dived to punch away a shot from substitute Nani.

    Related terms

    * effect * effective * effectivity * effector * effectual * effectuate * efficacious * efficacity * efficacy * efficiency * efficient