Useful vs Deserving - What's the difference?
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Having a practical or beneficial use.
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worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
Useful is a related term of deserving.
As adjectives the difference between useful and deserving
is that useful is having a practical or beneficial use while deserving is worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.As a noun deserving is
desert, merit.As a verb deserving is
.useful
English
Adjective
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Usage notes
* Prepositions: useful'' is used in ''useful forSynonyms
* noteful * serviceable * utilitarianAntonyms
* unuseful * useless * harmfuldeserving
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- the deserving poor