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Utia vs Util - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between utia and util

is that utia is any species of large west indian rodents of the genera capromys or , resembling large rats while util is (economics) a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.

utia

English

(wikipedia utia) (Utiidae) (Capromys)

Alternative forms

* hutia

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genera Capromys or , resembling large rats.
    • (Webster 1913)

    util

    English

    (wikipedia util)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics) a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction
  • * "After one ride, Edgar has a total of 11 utils of utility. [...] After two rides, Edgar is now up to 20 utils of satisfaction. [...] A third ride increases Edgar's total utility up to 27 utils of satisfaction." — [http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/wpd.pl/wpd.pl?fcd=dsp&key=total+utility]
  • (informal, computing) A utility.
    • Where can I download free disk utils ?

    Synonyms

    * (unit of satisfaction) hedon, utile

    Antonyms

    * (unit of satisfaction) dolor ----