Constructive vs Efficient - What's the difference?
constructive | efficient |
Relating to or causing construction.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
(legal) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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Using a particular proportion of available energy.
Causing effects; producing results.
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As adjectives the difference between constructive and efficient
is that constructive is relating to or causing construction while efficient is making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.constructive
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* (carefully considered and meant to be helpful) productiveAntonyms
* (relating to or causing construction) destructive * (carefully considered and meant to be helpful) destructiveDerived terms
* constructive criticism * constructive dismissal * constructive eviction * constructive notice * constructive logic * constructive trust * constructively * constructiveness * constructivism * deconstructive * inconstructive * unconstructive ----efficient
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- The efficient cause is the working cause.
