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Is "efficience" just an uncommon variant of "efficiency" or does it have a slightly different meaning? Also, is "efficience" just less common than "efficiency," or is it almost totally unused and strange-sounding to the ear?
I've tried to figure this out using google and various online dictionaries, without much success.... Any explanations/knowledge or even educated guesses would be appreciated. Posts: 196 | Registered: Jul 2002
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I have investigated this question according to Grammar-Marxist doctrine, and found that the word 'efficience' has no right to exist under the enlightened rule of the proletariat. Accordingly anyone found using it will be banished to a re-education camp for a period not less than three years. We cannot permit such bourgeois, counter-revolutionary words to corrupt the minds of innocent children.
The People have spoken!
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So "efficience" is obsolete, then? Because I've seen it used in certain contexts, as in "the energy efficience of...." ?? What edition of the Oxford English dictionary termed it obsolete, Teshi?
Edited to add: Also, when I google "efficience" and limit search results to just the English language, and get 50,000+ hits - it doesn't seem to be totally out of use.... ??
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Yes, it's probably just the result of mistakes.... Very disappointing, as I'd wanted to use that word for a phrase where a certain rhyme/rhythm was required, and efficiency just doesn't fit.... Posts: 196 | Registered: Jul 2002
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