Efficacy vs Successful - What's the difference?
efficacy | successful |
(uncountable) Ability to produce a desired amount of a desired effect.
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy
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As a noun efficacy
is ability to produce a desired amount of a desired effect.As an adjective successful is
resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy.efficacy
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* efficacityExternal links
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