Efficacy and Efficacity

Efficacy

Efficacy noun - The power to produce a desired result.
Usage example: questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft

Efficacity and efficacy are semantically related in efficiency topic. In some cases you can use "Efficacity" instead a noun "Efficacy".

Efficacity

Efficacity noun - The power to produce a desired result.
Usage example: the limited efficacity of the primitive tool as an instrument for cutting raw meat
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Efficacy and efficacity are semantically related in efficiency topic. You can use "Efficacy" instead a noun "Efficacity".
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