Industrious vs Efficient - What's the difference?
industrious | efficient |
Hard-working and persistent; worksome.
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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Using a particular proportion of available energy.
Causing effects; producing results.
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As adjectives the difference between industrious and efficient
is that industrious is hard-working and persistent; worksome while efficient is making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.industrious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.
Synonyms
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Adjective
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- The efficient cause is the working cause.