Product vs Effort - What's the difference?
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A commodity offered for sale.
Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
Anything that is produced; a result.
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* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
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# The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
# A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
# (label) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
# (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
# (label) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
# Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
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Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
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, title= A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
(uncommon) To make an effort.
(obsolete) To stimulate.
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Product is a related term of effort.
As nouns the difference between product and effort
is that product is a commodity offered for sale while effort is the work involved in performing an activity; exertion.As a verb effort is
(uncommon|intransitive) to make an effort.product
English
Noun
- the product of those ill-mated marriages.
- These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.Synonyms
* (items for sale) merchandise, wares, goods * (amount created by a process) production, output, creationDerived terms
* by-product * categorical product * end product * finished product * gross domestic product, gross national product * product placement * product recallSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend ----effort
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract, passage=The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club}}
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
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Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "effort": conscious, good, poor, etc.Synonyms
*Derived terms
* best efforts * centre of effort * effort distance * effortless * make an effortVerb
(en verb)- He efforted his spirits.
