Effective communication is when you communicate your point and it is heard, understood, and acted upon by those that you are communicating with. Efficient communication is when you communicate...
From dictionary.com we have:
Efficient refer to that which is able to produce a (desired) effect.Effective is applied to that which has the power to, or actually does, produce an effect.From my...
Effective means "able to get a task completed." Effective means "able to complete a task using the least possible amount of resources."
Effective: How well you did.
Efficient: Is the best way to do...
Should you leave a mess, however minor, you may be described as "Crude, but effective", whereas if you leave NO mess to be cleaned up, that would be efficiency, man.
As I learned in my Introduction to Communication course in college, communication (singular) refers to theories, methods and strategies of how information is effectively sent and received....