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Multiuse vs Multipurpose - What's the difference?

multiuse | multipurpose |

As adjectives the difference between multiuse and multipurpose

is that multiuse is (chiefly|architecture) able to accommodate multiple uses while multipurpose is (senseid)having multiple uses.

multiuse

English

Adjective

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  • (chiefly, architecture) Able to accommodate multiple uses
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=June 3, author=Paul Botts, title=A New Old Ballpark, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The new stadium and park would be lined on three sides with multiuse row house buildings containing commercial, office, and loft residential space. }}
  • * 2010 , Dr. Mukesh Dhunna, J. B. Dixit, Information Technology in Business Management (page 168)
    • A computer is a programmable, multiuse machine that accepts data — raw facts and figures — and processes, or manipulates, it into information we can use

    multipurpose

    English

    Adjective

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  • (senseid)Having multiple uses.