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effectualness vs efficacy

efficacy vs effectualness

effectualness and efficacy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
effectualness Yes No No No
efficacy Yes No No No
As nouns, efficacy is a hyponym of effectualness; that is, efficacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than effectualness:
  • effectualness: power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
  • efficacy: capacity or power to produce a desired effect
Other hyponyms of effectualness include incisiveness, trenchancy, efficaciousness.
effectualness (noun) efficacy (noun)
power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect capacity or power to produce a desired effect
Difference between effectualness and efficacy

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