Quality vs. Efficiency — What's the Difference?

The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something

Efficiency is the (often measurable) ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.

A distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something

The quality or property of being efficient.

Of good quality; excellent

The degree to which this quality is exercised

An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property

The ratio of the effective or useful output to the total input in any system.

A personal trait, especially a character trait

The ratio of the energy delivered by a machine to the energy supplied for its operation.

Essential character; nature

An efficiency apartment.

Superiority of kind

The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

Degree or grade of excellence

(dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.

Investments that have a low risk of loss or default

The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.

High social position

(US) A one-room apartment.

Those in a high social position

The ratio of the output to the input of any system

(Music) Timbre, as determined by harmonics

Skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort;

(Linguistics) The character of a vowel sound determined by the size and shape of the oral cavity and the amount of resonance with which the sound is produced.

(Logic) The positive or negative character of a proposition.

Having a high degree of excellence

(uncountable) Level of excellence.

(countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.

(archaic) Position; status; rank.

(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)

(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.

(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.

The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.

A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.

Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.

Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.

That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.

An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.

Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.

An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone;

A degree or grade of excellence or worth;

A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);

High social status;

Of superior grade;

Of high social status;