different between efficacious vs vigorous

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)

  1. (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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vigorous

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?v?????s/
  • Rhymes: -?????s

Adjective

vigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous)

  1. Physically strong and active.
    • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
      Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
      Circling in singles and in pairs
      In this vigorous anonymity
  2. Mentally strong and active.
  3. Rapid of growth.
    a vigorous shrub

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