Concern vs Effort - What's the difference?
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That which affects one's welfare or happiness.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 10, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
, title= The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict, chapter=22 A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
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(computing, programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
* 2006 , Awais Rashid, ?Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II (page 148)
(label) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
*(Bible), (w) xxviii. 31
*:Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.
*(James Fenimore Cooper) (1789-1851)
*:ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned , welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
(label) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
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*(Samuel Rogers) (1763-1855)
*:They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favour.
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, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=3
, passage=It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me.
(label) To make somebody worried.
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The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
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, title= An endeavour.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
(uncommon) To make an effort.
(obsolete) To stimulate.
* Fuller
As nouns the difference between concern and effort
is that concern is that which affects one's welfare or happiness while effort is the work involved in performing an activity; exertion.As verbs the difference between concern and effort
is that concern is to relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to while effort is to make an effort.concern
English
Noun
Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle, passage=Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.}}
citation, passage=Appleby
What the Muslim World Is Watching," The New York Times (retrieved 26 July 2014):
- Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern , Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC's insistence on editorial independence.
- At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern .
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(en verb)George Goodchild
Derived terms
* concernableeffort
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract, passage=The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club}}
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
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Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "effort": conscious, good, poor, etc.Synonyms
*Derived terms
* best efforts * centre of effort * effort distance * effortless * make an effortVerb
(en verb)- He efforted his spirits.