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Utility vs Utilize - What's the difference?

utility | utilize |

As a noun utility

is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

As a verb utilize is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

utility

English

Noun

(utilities)
  • The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
  • Something that is useful.
  • (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
  • (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or , the securities of such a provider.
  • (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.
  • I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.
  • (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
  • Synonyms

    * (state of being useful) usefulness, * See also

    utilize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Verb

    (utiliz)
  • Usage notes

    * See usage notes at utilise .

    Derived terms

    * utilization * utilizable * utilizer