Efficent vs. Efficient: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on September 29, 2023
Efficent is a misspelling. The correct spelling is Efficient, which means performing in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort.
Which is correct: Efficent or Efficient
How to spell Efficient?
Efficent is Incorrect
Efficient is Correct
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Key Differences
Remember "efficient" has two 'f's and one 'c'.
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Sep 28, 2023
Think of "efficient" like "sufficient", both ending in "-cient".
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Visualize efficiency as electricity; both start with "elec-", hinting at the "effic-" in efficient.
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Recall "efficient" has the same number of letters as "effective".
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Associate "efficient" with "proficient"; both end in "-cient".
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Sep 28, 2023
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Efficent and Efficient Definitions
Efficient
Which vowel is used before Efficient?
The vowel that precedes efficient varies based on context. For example: an efficient or the efficient.
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Sep 11, 2023
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Efficient
Is Efficient a vowel or consonant?
Efficient is a word containing both vowels and consonants.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
What is the plural form of Efficient?
Efficients, but it's rarely used in plural form.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Which article is used with Efficient?
Either a or an can be used, depending on pronunciation context. Typically, an is used before efficient.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Is Efficient a negative or positive word?
Generally considered a positive word.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Which preposition is used with Efficient?
At as in efficient at completing tasks.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Is Efficient a countable noun?
Efficient is an adjective, not a noun.
Janet White
Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Is the Efficient term a metaphor?
No, but it can be used metaphorically in certain contexts.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
What is the stressed syllable in Efficient?
The second syllable, fi.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Is Efficient an abstract noun?
No, it's an adjective. The related abstract noun is efficiency.
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Efficient
How is Efficient used in a sentence?
The team was efficient in completing the project ahead of schedule.
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Efficient
Functioning with optimal productivity and minimal waste.
The machine is very efficient, using little energy.
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Efficient
Competent and capable; having the ability to produce desired results.
She's efficient in her job, rarely making mistakes.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Utilizing resources in such a way that maximum productivity is achieved.
Solar panels are an efficient way to produce energy.
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Efficient
Acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort
An efficient builder.
An efficient factory.
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Efficient
Acting directly to produce an effect
The efficient cause of the revolution.
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Efficient
Causing less waste or requiring less effort than comparable devices or methods. Used in combination
Energy-efficient wind turbines.
Cost-efficient health care.
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Efficient
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
An efficient process would automate all the routine work.
Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk.
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Efficient
Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.
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Efficient
Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)
Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained
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Efficient
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
The efficient cause is the working cause.
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Efficient
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only.
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Efficient
Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense;
An efficient production manager
Efficient engines save gas
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Efficient
Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively;
People who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons...
Effective personnel
An efficient secretary
The efficient cause of the revolution
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Efficient
000Why is it called Efficient?
The term efficient is derived from Latin efficere meaning to accomplish or complete.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Which conjunction is used with Efficient?
No specific conjunction is exclusively paired with efficient.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Which determiner is used with Efficient?
It varies based on context, e.g., this efficient machine, such efficient work.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
What is the first form of Efficient?
Efficient doesn't have verb forms since it's an adjective.
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Efficient
What is the second form of Efficient?
Not applicable as Efficient is an adjective.
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Sep 11, 2023
Efficient
Achieving maximum output with minimum input or effort.
He's an efficient worker, finishing tasks quickly.
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Efficient
Being direct and straightforward in approach or operation.
The software provides an efficient means of data entry.
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FAQs
Which preposition is used with Efficient?
"at" as in "efficient at completing tasks".
Janet White
Sep 28, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Efficient?
No specific conjunction is exclusively paired with "efficient".
Sara Rehman
Sep 28, 2023
Which vowel is used before Efficient?
The vowel that precedes "efficient" varies based on context. For example: "an efficient" or "the efficient".
Aimie Carlson
Sep 28, 2023
000Why is it called Efficient?
The term "efficient" is derived from Latin "efficere" meaning "to accomplish or complete".
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Sep 28, 2023
Is Efficient an abstract noun?
No, it's an adjective. The related abstract noun is "efficiency".
Aimie Carlson
Sep 28, 2023
What is the plural form of Efficient?
Efficients, but it's rarely used in plural form.
Sara Rehman
Sep 28, 2023
Which determiner is used with Efficient?
It varies based on context, e.g., "this efficient machine", "such efficient work".
Janet White
Sep 28, 2023
Is Efficient a vowel or consonant?
"Efficient" is a word containing both vowels and consonants.
Sawaira Riaz
Sep 28, 2023
What is the first form of Efficient?
Efficient doesn't have verb forms since it's an adjective.
Aimie Carlson
Sep 28, 2023
Which article is used with Efficient?
Either "a" or "an" can be used, depending on pronunciation context. Typically, "an" is used before efficient.
Janet White
Sep 28, 2023
Is Efficient a negative or positive word?
Generally considered a positive word.
Sawaira Riaz
Sep 28, 2023
Is the Efficient term a metaphor?
No, but it can be used metaphorically in certain contexts.
Janet White
Sep 28, 2023
What is the second form of Efficient?
Not applicable as Efficient is an adjective.
Aimie Carlson
Sep 28, 2023
How is Efficient used in a sentence?
"The team was efficient in completing the project ahead of schedule."
Sawaira Riaz
Sep 28, 2023
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