Capacity vs. Utilization — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Capacity and Utilization
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Capacity
The ability to receive, hold, or absorb something
The storage capacity of a car's trunk.
Utilization
To put to use, especially to make profitable or effective use of
An approach to the problem that utilizes the latest research.
How plants utilize nutrients to produce seeds.
Capacity
The maximum amount that can be contained
A bin filled to capacity.
Utilization
Alternative spelling of utilisation
Capacity
The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability.
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Utilization
The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
Capacity
The ability to do, make, or accomplish something; capability
A comedian's capacity for making people laugh.
Utilization
The act of using;
He warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Skilled in the utilization of computers
Capacity
The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced
Factories operating below capacity.
Utilization
The state of having been made use of;
The rate of utilization
Capacity
The quality of being suitable for or receptive to specified treatment
The capacity of elastic to be stretched.
Capacity
The position in which one functions; role
In your capacity as sales manager.
Capacity
Legal qualification or authority
The capacity to make an arrest.
Capacity
(Electricity) Capacitance.
Capacity
Filling a space with the most it can hold
A capacity crowd at the concert.
Capacity
The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
Capacity
A measure of such ability; volume
Capacity
The maximum amount that can be held
It was hauling a capacity load.
The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
A factory operating at less than full capacity.
Capacity
Capability; the ability to perform some task
Capacity
The maximum that can be produced.
Capacity
Mental ability; the power to learn
Capacity
A faculty; the potential for growth and development
Capacity
A role; the position in which one functions
Capacity
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
Capacity
Electrical capacitance.
Capacity
(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.
Capacity
Filling the allotted space.
There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
Capacity
The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; - used in reference to physical things.
Had our great palace the capacityTo camp this host, we all would sup together.
The capacity of the exhausted cylinder.
Capacity
The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling.
Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favors this; although it can not be denied that there are examples of its usage in an active sense.
Capacity
Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
The capacity of blessing the people.
A cause with such capacities endued.
Capacity
Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
Capacity
Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency.
Capacity
Ability to perform or produce
Capacity
The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
The capability of a metal to be fused
Capacity
The amount that can be contained;
The gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons
Capacity
The maximum production possible;
The plant is working at 80 per cent capacity
Capacity
A specified function;
He was employed in the capacity of director
He should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary
Capacity
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive;
The capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes
Capacity
An electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
Capacity
The power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
Capacity
Tolerance for alcohol;
He had drunk beyond his capacity
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