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Effective vs Crimebuster - What's the difference?

effective | crimebuster |

As nouns the difference between effective and crimebuster

is that effective is (military) a soldier fit for duty while crimebuster is (chiefly|us|informal) a person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.

As an adjective effective

is having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

effective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
    • The pill is an effective method of birth control.
  • Producing a decided or decisive effect.
    • The president delivered an effective speech!
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Whosoever is an effective , real cause of doing his neighbour wrong, is criminal.
  • Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
    • How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
    My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month.
    The effective radiated power is determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain.
    The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage.
  • Actually in effect.
    • The curfew is effective at midnight.
  • Having no negative coefficients.

    • Related terms

    * effect * effectivity * effectual * efficacious * efficacity * efficacy * efficiency * efficient

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A soldier fit for duty.
  • *1876 , , Recollections of the Elkhorn Campaign :
  • *:The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives , and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men.
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    crimebuster

    English

    Alternative forms

    * crime-buster, crime buster

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
  • *1938 , Louther S. Horne, "Loesch Tells How to Beat Crime: A Need is Seen for Fearless Prosecutors," New York Times , 10 Apr., p. 120:
  • *:This corporation law background is less known than his record as a crime-buster .
  • *1976 , " Dipping into the Cookie Jar," Time , 2 Aug.:
    • Bit by bit, J. Edgar Hoover's image as an incorruptible crimebuster has crumbled since his death in 1972.
  • *2009 , Joel Rubinoff, " Swayze breathes life into killing" (TV review), Toronto Star , 22 Jan. (retrieved 22 Jan. 2009):
  • *:Swayze's ruthless crimebuster never hesitates—and as he plugs street scum full of bullets and pursues his own form of frontier justice with a hard, penetrating squint, we find ourselves rooting for a character who, in lesser hands, could be perceived as downright ugly.

    • Synonyms

    * gangbuster

    References

    *" crimebuster" at OneLook® Dictionary Search .