Effectual vs. Affectual — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Effectual and Affectual
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Effectual
Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect.
Affectual
Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
Effectual
Producing the intended result; entirely adequate.
Effectual
Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.
Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion.
Effectual
Sufficient to produce a result;
A man to whom painting was but another and less effectual way of writing dramas or novels or history
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Effectual
Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;
An air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation
Effective teaching methods
Effective steps toward peace
Made an effective entrance
His complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action
An efficacious law
Effectual
Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects;
An effectual vaccine
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