What's the difference between effective and effectual?

Effective


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
  • (n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.
  • (n.) One who is capable of active service.
  • (n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
  • (2) Previous use of the drug is found in more than 50 per cent of the patients, and it was often followed by a neglected side-effect.
  • (3) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
  • (4) Combinations of maximum amounts of glucagon and the cyclic nucleotide did not produce a greater effect than either agent alone.
  • (5) AEDs may also have differential effects on nighttime sleep.
  • (6) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
  • (7) This suggested that the chemical effects produced by shock waves were either absent or attenuated in the cells, or were inherently less toxic than those of ionizing irradiation.
  • (8) Combination therapy was most effective in patients receiving HCTZ prior to enalapril.
  • (9) Age difference did not affect the mean dose-effect response.
  • (10) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
  • (11) The process of sequence rearrangement appears to be a significant part of the evolution of the genome and may have a much greater effect on the evolution of the phenotype than sequence alteration by base substitution.
  • (12) Increased plasmin activity was associated with advancing stage of lactation and older cows after appropriate adjustments were made for the effects of milk yield and SCC.
  • (13) We have investigated the effect of methimazole (MMI) on cell-mediated immunity and ascertained the mechanisms of immunosuppression produced by the drug.
  • (14) Omission of K(+), Ca(++) or Mg(++) had no effect on uptake.
  • (15) Biochemical, immunocytochemical and histochemical methods were used to study the effect of chronic acetazolamide treatment on carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoenzymes in the rat kidney.
  • (16) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
  • (17) Simplicity, high capacity, low cost and label stability, combined with relatively high clinical sensitivity make the method suitable for cost effective screening of large numbers of samples.
  • (18) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
  • (19) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
  • (20) Urinary ANF immunoreactivity was significantly enhanced by candoxatril in both groups (P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.01 in groups 1 and 2, respectively), with a more pronounced effect evident at the higher dose (P less than 0.01).

Effectual


Definition:

  • (n.) Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It postulated that this competition is effectuated through the repression of the B cell function by the T1 lymphocyte killer effectors of the DH committed to the same antigen against which the "blasts" or the plasmoblasts (subsequently transformed into MC) were produced.
  • (2) The anatomopathological exam which was effectuated for 33 patients hes shown Bowen's disease for 14 cases, spinocellular carcinoma for 15 patients and basocellular for 3 patients.
  • (3) In shock patients the hemodilution achieved with red cell free primary volume substitutes is an effective treatment for shock-induced microcirculatory disorders; furthermore, intentional hemodilution is the most effectual hemorheological therapy for the treatment of ischemic disease.
  • (4) At low cell density hypoxia effectuated increase in hyaluronic acid and decrease in chondroitin sulphate and dermatan sulphate, respectively.
  • (5) Since microclimate is variable in the stable, it ought to be measured with the purpose of possibly effectuating a correction.
  • (6) Today, my colleagues seem to have fallen prey to the misguided notion that the intent of the framers of the United States constitution can be effectuated only by cleaving to the legislative will and ignoring and demonizing an independent judiciary,” he wrote.
  • (7) In its turn, interaction is subdivided in three classes (uni-effectual, bis-ineffectual, bis-effectual) in the last of which is placed the most relevant of the interactions, that is synergism, subclassified, at its turn, as additive, super and infra-additive.
  • (8) It is suggested that xerophthalmia screening be made an essential component of routine medical check-up in schools with XN (night blindness with or without conjunctival xerosis) and XIB (Bitot's spots) used as criterion for screening to effectuate early detection and treatment of xerophthalmia.
  • (9) The results of this study have proved that initial treatment is effectual only on pockets measuring less than 4 mm to periodontal probing.
  • (10) Effectual diagnosis is totally dependent on prompt detection of an asymptomatic, irreducible scrotal swelling that fails to transilluminate.
  • (11) According to the underlying paradigm, arousal effectuates slower reaction times and depressed EMG activity after an unexpected preparatory signal on a visuospatial choice-reaction task, whereas activation effectuates faster reaction times and elevated EMG activity after an unexpected preparatory signal on a semantic choice-reaction task.
  • (12) Covalent binding of model enzymes, chymotrypsin and trypsin, to elastic polymer supports, nylon and viscose (cellulose) fibers, human hair, methacrylate rubber, has been effectuated.
  • (13) It is shown that the diagnosis of ocular toxoplasma must be effectuated just corroborating the clinic data with the positive serology.
  • (14) The physiological handling of ionized calcium (Ca2+), which serves multiple roles as an extracellular signal, a second messenger, and an activator interacting directly with myofilaments to effectuate contractile responses, referred to as Ca2+ signalling processes, represents an integral part of a more complicated membrane transduction mechanism.
  • (15) The authors describe a patient with hemiparesis who developed the syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity (SILENT) while being treated with lithium for a manic episode.
  • (16) It is concluded that oxygenation and adding DBcAMP to CCS are effectual for the myocardial metabolism and protect the myocardial damage during cardiac arrest.
  • (17) Tests effectuated on 100 patients' teeth show this therapy efficaciousness.
  • (18) Intraluminal irradiation is an attractive, effectual therapeutic alternative, especially in patients with advanced local or distant disease unlikely to tolerate 5 to 7 weeks of external beam therapy.
  • (19) He told ABC radio: “There was a committee that was not very effectual and the chairman of the committee is now the departmental medical officer who is providing advice in a more sustained way.” The letter from Bowles reveals that the current chair of IHAG, Dr Paul Alexander has been appointed as the independent health advisor to the department in a streamlined and scaled back health advisory formation.
  • (20) It has been confirmed that chemoprophylactic treatments may control opportunistic endogenous mycoses effectually.