The difference between Effective and Fruitless

When used as adjectives, effective means having the power to produce a required effect or effects, whereas fruitless means bearing no fruit.


Effective is also noun with the meaning: a soldier fit for duty.

check bellow for the other definitions of Effective and Fruitless

  1. Effective as an adjective:

    Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: efficacious"

    "The pill is an effective method of birth control."

  2. Effective as an adjective:

    Producing a decided or decisive effect.

    Examples:

    "The president delivered an effective speech!"

  3. Effective as an adjective:

    Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.

    Examples:

    "How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?"

    "My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month."

    "The effective radiated power is determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain."

    "The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage."

  4. Effective as an adjective:

    Actually in effect.

    Examples:

    "The curfew is effective at midnight."

  5. Effective as an adjective (geometry, of a cycle or divisor):

    Having no negative coefficients.

  1. Effective as a noun (military):

    A soldier fit for duty.

  1. Fruitless as an adjective:

    Bearing no fruit; barren.

  2. Fruitless as an adjective (figuratively):

    Unproductive, useless.

    Examples:

    "The unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless."

  3. Fruitless as an adjective (figuratively, archaic):

    Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.

    Examples:

    "The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children."

  4. Fruitless as an adjective (rare):

    Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.

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