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Validity vs Effectivity - What's the difference?

validity | effectivity |

As nouns the difference between validity and effectivity

is that validity is the state of being valid, authentic or genuine while effectivity is the ability or power to be effective.

validity

English

Noun

(wikipedia validity)
  • The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
  • Having legal force.
  • A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

    • effectivity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
  • (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.

    • Related terms

    * effect * effective * effectiveness * effector * effectual * effectuate * efficacious * efficacity * efficacy * efficiency * efficient

    See also

    * effectively