Useful vs Becoming - What's the difference?
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Having a practical or beneficial use.
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Useful is a related term of becoming.
As adjectives the difference between useful and becoming
is that useful is having a practical or beneficial use while becoming is pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous.As a verb becoming is
.As a noun becoming is
(chiefly|philosophy) the act or process in which something becomes.useful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
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