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Perfect Stranger Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Effective and efficacious

Dear Users,

Would you be able to tell me if the words effective and efficacious are interchangeable? Do they mean the same thing? For instance, can I say This medicine is very efficacious? It doesn't sound too great to me.

Thank you

  

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The words are interchangeable in this context and both sound very natural and fluent.

  • The words are interchangeable in this context and both sound very natural and fluent.
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The words are interchangeable in this context and both sound very natural and fluent.

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