different between effectiveness vs agreeance

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

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French agréance, from agréer (“to agree”); as if agree +? -ance.

Noun

agreeance (uncountable)

1. The sharing of a view or opinion; agreement.

   I am in agreeance with you.

Usage notes

• Although present in English since the 16th century, agreeance is now often regarded as a nonstandard variant of agreement.

References

• Dictionary.com, Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7), Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, [1] (accessed: May 01, 2008)

Anagrams

• careenage