different between availability vs effectiveness

English

Etymology

From available +? -ity; attested since the early 1800s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ve?l??b?l?t?]

Noun

availability (usually uncountable, plural availabilities)

1. (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being available.

   What is your availability this week?

2. (countable) That which is available.

   We have several availabilities.

Synonyms

• (quality of being available): availableness, accessibility

Antonyms

• (quality of being available): non-availability, nonavailability, unavailability

Derived terms

• high-availability
• low-availability

Translations

English

Etymology

effective +? -ness

Pronunciation

Noun

effectiveness (countable and uncountable, plural effectivenesses)

1. The property of being effective, of achieving results.

   The effectiveness of the drug was well established.

2. The capacity or potential for achieving results.
3. The degree to which something achieves results.

   He questioned the effectiveness of the treatment.

   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     United were having more possession but a sign of the effectiveness of Liverpool's defence was that it took the visitors 76 minutes to force Mignolet into serious action, when he dived to punch away a shot from substitute Nani.

Related terms

• effect
• effective
• effectivity
• effector
• effectual
• effectuate
• efficacious
• efficacity
• efficacy
• efficiency
• efficient

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