different between productivity vs effectiveness

English

Etymology

productive +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??d?k?t?v?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?d?k?t?v?ti/

Noun

productivity (usually uncountable, plural productivities)

1. the state of being productive, fertile or efficient
2. the rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers

3. the rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land

Synonyms

• productiveness (much less common)

Derived terms

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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