Useful vs Invaluable - What's the difference?
useful | invaluable |
Having a practical or beneficial use.
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Of great value; costly, precious, priceless.
Very useful.
Beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth
As adjectives the difference between useful and invaluable
is that useful is having a practical or beneficial use while invaluable is of great value; costly, precious, priceless.useful
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(en adjective)Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
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