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Effective vs Nait - What's the difference?

effective | nait |

As adjectives the difference between effective and nait

is that effective is having the power to produce a required effect or effects while nait is useful; good at need; fit; able.

As a verb nait is

to refuse; deny; disclaim or nait can be to use; employ.

As a noun nait is

use; profit; foredeal; advantage.

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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    nait

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) naiten, nayten, from (etyl) neita, later variant of (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refuse; deny; disclaim.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) naiten, nayten, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use; employ.
  • To go over; recite; repeat.
  • (reflexive) To exert oneself.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) naite, from (etyl) neyte, .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Use; profit; foredeal; advantage.
  • Use; end; purpose.

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) nait, nayt, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Useful; good at need; fit; able.
  • Quick and effective; deft; skilful.
  • In good order; trim; tidy; dainty; clean.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) ----