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Working vs Useful - What's the difference?

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Working is a related term of useful.


As adjectives the difference between working and useful

is that working is that is or are functioning while useful is having a practical or beneficial use.

As a noun working

is (usually plural) operation; action.

As a verb working

is .

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 )

    Related terms

    * work

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    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

    Related terms

    * usefully * usefulness