Proportionate vs Efficient - What's the difference?
proportionate | efficient |
In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
* John Locke
Harmonious and symmetrical.
To make proportionate.
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.
* Wilson
As adjectives the difference between proportionate and efficient
is that proportionate is in proportion; proportional; commensurable while efficient is efficient.As a verb proportionate
is to make proportionate.proportionate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What is proportionate to his transgression.
Antonyms
* (in proportion) disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate * (harmonious and symmetrical)Verb
(proportionat)See also
* apportion English heteronyms ----efficient
English
Adjective
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- The efficient cause is the working cause.