Commodious vs Useful - What's the difference?
commodious | useful | Synonyms |
Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
* 1854 , Charles Dickens, Hard Times
Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable.
Having a practical or beneficial use.
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Commodious is a synonym of useful.
As adjectives the difference between commodious and useful
is that commodious is spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable while useful is having a practical or beneficial use.commodious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.
- The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall.
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Adjective
(en adjective)Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
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