different between efficacious vs serviceable
efficacious
English
Etymology
From Old French efficacieux, from Latin effic?x (“efficacious”) +? -ous, from efficere (“to effect, to accomplish”); see effect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f.?.?ke?.??s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
Adjective
efficacious (comparative more efficacious, superlative most efficacious)
- (formal) Effective; possessing efficacy. [from 1520s]
- Synonym: effective
- Antonym: inefficacious
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Further reading
- efficacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- efficacious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “efficacious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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serviceable
English
Etymology
From Middle English servisable, from Old French servisable, from servise; surface analysis service +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?v?s?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??v?s?bl?/
Adjective
serviceable (comparative more serviceable, superlative most serviceable)
- Easy to service.
- Repairable instead of disposable.
- In condition for use; usable, functional.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Synonyms
- useful
- helpful
Translations
Anagrams
- receivables
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