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Useful vs Nec - What's the difference?

useful | nec |

As an adjective useful

is having a practical or beneficial use.

As an initialism nec is

not elsewhere classified, a phrase used in classification codes such as.

useful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a practical or beneficial use.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}

    Usage notes

    * Prepositions: useful'' is used in ''useful for '', ''useful for '' and ''useful to ''. The words ''useful to'' are also found in construction such as ''It is useful to do'', in which ''to marks an infinitive rather than being a preposition.

    Synonyms

    * noteful * serviceable * utilitarian

    Antonyms

    * unuseful * useless * harmful

    nec

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Not Elsewhere Classified, a phrase used in classification codes such as .
  • . The largest exhibition space in the United Kingdom.
  • (of a political party).
  • , Ltd. (renamed to NEC in 1983.) Electronics manufacturer.
  • : its purpose is the practical safeguarding of persons and property from hazards arising from the use of electricity.