Optimizing vs Efficient - What's the difference?
optimizing | efficient |
Something whose purpose is to optimize.
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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Using a particular proportion of available energy.
Causing effects; producing results.
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As adjectives the difference between optimizing and efficient
is that optimizing is something whose purpose is to optimize while efficient is efficient.As a verb optimizing
is .optimizing
English
Adjective
(-)- We're using an optimizing compiler.
Verb
(head)efficient
English
Adjective
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- The efficient cause is the working cause.