Use vs Service - What's the difference?

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between use and service

is that use is (obsolete) common occurrence; ordinary experience while service is (obsolete) profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

As nouns the difference between use and service

is that use is the act of using while service is an act of being of assistance to someone or service can be service tree.

As verbs the difference between use and service

is that use is (archaic) to accustom; to habituate while service is to serve.

use

English

(wikipedia use)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) from Old English nytt.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of using.

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Usefulness, benefit.

* Milton

God made two great lights, great for their use / To man.

* Alexander Pope

'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense.

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)

, volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

I have no further use for these textbooks.

(obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,

DON PEDRO. Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.

BEATRICE. Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it, a double heart for a single one: [...]

* Jeremy Taylor

Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him.

(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

* Spenser

Let later age that noble use envy.

* Shakespeare

How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, / Seem to me all the uses of this world!

(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

* Shakespeare

O Caesar! these things are beyond all use .

(religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.

the Sarum, or Canterbury, use'''; the Hereford '''use'''; the York '''use'''; the Roman '''use ; etc.

* Book of Common Prayer

From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use .

(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Synonyms

* (act of using) employment, usage, note, nait * (usefulness) benefit, good, point, usefulness, utility, note, nait

Derived terms

* disuse * fair use * hyper-use * misuse * no use * overuse * reuse * underuse * useful * useless * usement * what’s the use

Etymology 2

From (etyl) ).

Verb

(us)

(archaic) To accustom; to habituate.

*(John Milton) (1608–1674)

*:Thou with thy compeers, / Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels.

To employ; to apply; to utilize.

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To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing

To exploit.

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(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

*(John Milton) (1608–1674)

*:How wouldst thou use me now?

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:Cato has used me ill.

To habitually do; to be wont to do.

*Bible, 1 (w) iv.9

*:Use hospitality one to another.

*, I.48:

*:Peter Pol'', doctor in divinitie used to sit upon his mule, who as ''Monstrelet'' reporteth, was wont to ride up and downe the streets of ''Paris , ever sitting sideling, as women use .

* 1693 , Sir Norman Knatchbull, Annotations upon some difficult texts in all the books of the New Testament

For in the Rites of funeration they did use to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them.

(past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.

Synonyms

* engage, utilise * (exploit) take advantage of

Derived terms

* abuse * disuse * reuse * misuse * usability * usable * usage * used * used to * useful * user

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service

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m) (French: (m)), from the verb (m) < (etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(en noun)

An act of being of assistance to someone.

I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career.

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(economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",

(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

The military.

A set of dishes or utensils.

(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

A religious rite or ritual.

* , chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}

(legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service , which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.

(Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

A musical composition for use in churches.

(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

* Shakespeare

Pray, do my service to his majesty.

(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

Usage notes

In British English, the indefinite article “a” is often used with “good service”, as in “A good service is operating on all London Underground lines,” while this is not used in American English.

Antonyms

* (action or work that is produced and consumed) good * capital

Derived terms

* accept service * advisory service * all-up service * answering service * bond service * church service * civil service * client service * community service * curb service * customer service * debt service * denial of service * denture service * dinner service * diplomatic service * disservice * divine service * ecological service * emergency service * escort service * extension service * eyeservice * fanservice * fee-for-service * food service * foreign service * full-service * health service * ill service * in service * lip service * memorial service * military service * multiservice * national service * online service * out of service * personal service * postal service * power service * prayer service * public service * quality of service * room service * secret service * Secret Service * selective service * self-service * service area * service book * service break * service bureau * service call * service cap * service ceiling * service center * service charge * service club * service contract * service court * service dog * service door * service elevator * service line * service loop * service mark * service module * service of process * service pipe * service plaza * service provider * service road * service station * service stripe * serviceman * servicewoman * shared service * silent service * silver service * social service * substituted service * table service * tea service * unservice * unserviced * web service * wire service * yeoman's service

Verb

(servic)

To serve.

They service the customer base.

To perform maintenance.

He is going to service the car.

(transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse

(vulgar) To perform a sexual act.

He was going to service her.

Descendants

* Japanese: * Korean:

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Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

service tree

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