utility

Benefit is a synonym of utility.

As nouns the difference between utility and benefit

is that utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness while benefit is an advantage, help, sake or aid from something.

As a verb benefit is

to be or to provide a benefit to.

As nouns the difference between efficacy and utility

is that efficacy is ability to produce a desired amount of a desired effect while utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

As a noun utility is

the state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

As nouns the difference between utility and value

is that utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness while value is the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

As a verb value is

to estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.

Utility is a related term of account.

As nouns the difference between utility and account

is that utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness while account is (accounting) a registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

As a verb account is

to provide explanation.

As nouns the difference between profit and utility

is that profit is total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price while utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

As a verb profit

is to benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).

As nouns the difference between meaning and utility

is that meaning is the symbolic value of something while utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

As a verb meaning

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective meaning

is having a (specified) intention.

In computing terms the difference between utility and platform

is that utility is a software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software while platform is a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.

As nouns the difference between utility and platform

is that utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness while platform is a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

As a verb platform is

to furnish with or shape into a platform.