Useful vs Strong - What's the difference?
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Having a practical or beneficial use.
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Capable of producing great physical force.
Capable of withstanding great physical force.
fast moving water, wind, etc, which has a lot of power.
Determined; unyielding.
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, title= Highly stimulating to the senses.
Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
(military) Not easily subdued or taken.
(slang, US) Impressive, good.
Having a specified number of people or units.
(of a disease or symptom) (l) (very bad or intense)
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(mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which it implies.)
In a strong manner.
Useful is a related term of strong.
As an adjective useful
is having a practical or beneficial use.As a proper noun strong is
.useful
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Adjective
(en adjective)Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
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Usage notes
* Prepositions: useful'' is used in ''useful forSynonyms
* noteful * serviceable * utilitarianAntonyms
* unuseful * useless * harmfulstrong
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Alternative forms
* (dialectal)Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong , like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
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