Viability vs Effectiveness - What's the difference?
viability | effectiveness |
the property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed
* 1904, Hugo DeVries, Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
* 1980, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address
The property of being effective, of achieving results.
The capacity or potential for achieving results.
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The degree to which something achieves results.
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
As nouns the difference between viability and effectiveness
is that viability is the property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed while effectiveness is the property of being effective, of achieving results.viability
English
(wikipedia viability)Noun
(-)- Ordinarily these altered organs are sterile, but in some instances a very small quantity of seed is produced, and when testing their viability I succeeded in raising a few plants from them.
- In making its grants the Endowment will increase its emphasis on techniques which stimulate support for the humanities from non-Federal sources, in order to reinforce our tradition of private philanthropy in this field, and to insure and expand the financial, viability of our cultural institutions and life.
Usage notes
* Viability is a false friend in Italian, and it does not mean "".effectiveness
English
(wikipedia effectiveness)Noun
(-)- The effectiveness of the drug was well established.
- He questioned the effectiveness of the treatment.
- 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.