Efficiency vs. Productivity

Efficiencynoun

The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

Efficiencynoun

(dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.

Efficiencynoun

The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Efficiencynoun

A one-room apartment.

Efficiencynoun

the ratio of the output to the input of any system

Efficiencynoun

skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort;

Efficiency

Efficiency is the (often measurable) ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.

Productivitynoun

the state of being productive, fertile or efficient

Productivitynoun

the rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers

Productivitynoun

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

Productivitynoun

The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.

Productivitynoun

the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

Productivitynoun

(economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

Productivitynoun

the state or quality of being productive

Productivitynoun

the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input

Productivitynoun

the rate of production of new biomass by an individual, population, or community; the fertility or capacity of a given habitat or area

Productivity

Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure. Measurements of productivity are often expressed as a ratio of an aggregate output to a single input or an aggregate input used in a production process, i.e.