Effectual vs Feasible - What's the difference?
effectual | feasible |
Producing the intended result; entirely adequate.
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, Redoubling, then, the active energy of his thrusts, favoured by the fervid appetite of my motions, the soft oiled wards can no longer stand so effectual a picklock, but yield, and open him an entrance.}}
That can be done in practice.
As adjectives the difference between effectual and feasible
is that effectual is producing the intended result; entirely adequate while feasible is that can be done in practice.effectual
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Alternative forms
* effectuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* ineffectualfeasible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His plan to rid Trafalgar Square of pigeons by bringing in peregrine falcons to eat them was dismissed as not feasible .