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Utility vs Working - What's the difference?

utility | working |

As nouns the difference between utility and working

is that utility is the state or condition of being useful; usefulness while working is (usually plural) operation; action.

As a verb working is

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As an adjective working is

that is or are functioning.

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

    working

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) wirking, warking, (etyl) werking, (etyl) Wirkung.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually plural) Operation; action.
  • Method of operation.
  • Fermentation.
  • (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
  • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • Leave him alone; he's working .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That is or are functioning.
  • a working ventilator
  • That suffices but requires additional work.
  • a working copy of the script
  • In paid employment.
  • working mothers
  • Of or relating to employment.
  • the working week
  • Enough to allow one to use something.
  • a working knowledge of computers
    Synonyms
    * (functioning''): functioning; up (''mainly used of computers ) * (that suffices but requires further work ): draft, provisional, temporary * (in paid employment ): employed, in employment * (of or relating to employment ): work * (enough to allow one to use something ): basic
    Antonyms
    * (functioning''): broken, broken-down, down (''mainly used of computers )

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