Efficient vs. Thorough
Efficientadjective
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
Efficientadjective
Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
Efficientadjective
Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change. (Rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent.)
Efficientadjective
(proscribed, old use) Effective.
Efficientadjective
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
Efficientnoun
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
Efficientadjective
being effective without wasting time or effort or expense;
Efficientadjective
able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively;
Efficientadjective
(of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense
Efficientadjective
preventing the wasteful use of a particular resource
Efficientadjective
(of a person) working in a well-organized and competent way
Thoroughadjective
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
Thoroughadjective
Utter; complete; absolute.
Thoroughpreposition
(obsolete) Through.
Thoroughnoun
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Thoroughpreposition
Through.
Thoroughadjective
Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
Thoroughadjective
Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
Thoroughadverb
Thoroughly.
Thoroughadverb
Through.
Thoroughnoun
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Thoroughadjective
painstakingly careful and accurate;
Thoroughadjective
very thorough; exhaustively complete;
Thoroughadjective
complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial
Thoroughadjective
performed or written with great care and completeness
Thoroughadjective
taking pains to do something carefully and completely
Thoroughadjective
absolute (used to emphasize the degree of something, typically something unwelcome or unpleasant)
Thorough
In 17th century England, Thorough was a name given by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford to a scheme of his to establish absolute monarchy in England. Although is largely attributed to Strafford, its implementation can also be accredited to the Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud.
