The difference between Efficient and Lame

When used as nouns, efficient means a cause, whereas lame means a stupid or undesirable person.

When used as adjectives, efficient means making good, thorough, or careful use of resources, whereas lame means unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

Lame is also verb with the meaning: to cause (a person or animal) to become lame.

check bellow for the other definitions of Efficient and Lame

  1. Efficient as an adjective:

    Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.

    Examples:

    "An efficient process would automate all the routine work."

    "Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk."

  2. Efficient as an adjective:

    Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.

    Examples:

    "The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature."

  3. Efficient as an adjective:

    Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change. (Rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent.)

    Examples:

    "Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained"

  4. Efficient as an adjective (proscribed, old use):

    Effective.

  1. Efficient as a noun (obsolete):

    A cause; something that causes an effect.

  1. Lame as an adjective:

    Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

  2. Lame as an adjective:

    Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.

    Examples:

    "a lame leg, arm or muscle"

  3. Lame as an adjective (by extension):

    Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.

  4. Lame as an adjective (slang):

    Unconvincing or unbelievable.

    Examples:

    "He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party."

  5. Lame as an adjective (slang):

    Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.

    Examples:

    "He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night."

  6. Lame as an adjective (slang):

    Strangely corny or sweet to an extent.

    Examples:

    "I told him not to bring me flowers, so he brought a bunch of carrots instead. It was lame but it made me smile."

  1. Lame as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.

  1. Lame as a noun (prison, _, slang):

    A stupid or undesirable person.

  1. Lame as a noun:

    A lamina.

  2. Lame as a noun (in the plural):

    A set of joined overlapping metal plates.

  1. Lame as a verb (obsolete):

    To shine.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Piers Plowman"

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: