Convenience vs. Utility — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Convenience and Utility
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Definitions
Convenience➦
Convenient procedures, products and services are those intended to increase ease in accessibility, save resources (such as time, effort and energy) and decrease frustration. A modern convenience is a labor-saving device, service or substance which make a task easier or more efficient than a traditional method.
Utility➦
Within economics, the concept of utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time.
Convenience➦
The quality of being suitable to one's comfort, purposes, or needs
The convenience of living near shops, schools, and libraries.
Utility➦
The quality or condition of being useful; usefulness
"I have always doubted the utility of these conferences on disarmament" (Winston S. Churchill).
Convenience➦
Personal comfort or advantage
Services that promote the customer's convenience.
Utility➦
A useful article or device.
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Convenience➦
Something that increases comfort or saves work
Household conveniences such as a washing machine, an electric can opener, and disposable diapers.
Utility➦
A public utility.
Convenience➦
A suitable or agreeable time
Fill out the form at your earliest convenience.
Utility➦
A commodity or service, such as electricity, water, or public transportation, that is provided by a public utility.
Convenience➦
Chiefly British A lavatory.
Utility➦
(Computers) A utility program.
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Convenience➦
The quality of being convenient.
Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience.
Utility➦
(Economics) The benefit that a chosen course of action affords, as subjectively judged by the chooser.
Convenience➦
Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
Utility➦
Prepared to play any of the smaller theatrical roles on short notice
A utility cast member.
Convenience➦
A convenient time.
We will come over and begin the work at your convenience.
Utility➦
Capable of playing as a substitute in any of several positions
A utility infielder.
Convenience➦
Ellipsis of public convenience: a public lavatory.
Utility➦
Designed for various often heavy-duty practical uses
A utility knife.
A utility vehicle.
Convenience➦
To make convenient
These are equally viable times and I propose we alternate between the two times in order to convenience as many people as possible.
Utility➦
Raised or kept for the production of a farm product rather than for show or as pets
Utility livestock.
Convenience➦
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
Let's further think of this;Weigh what convenience both of time and meansMay fit us to our shape.
With all brief and plain conveniency,Let me have judgment.
Utility➦
Of the lowest US Government grade
Utility beef.
Convenience➦
Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
Thus necessity invented stools,Convenience next suggested elbow chairs.
We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency.
Utility➦
The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
Convenience➦
That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.
A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences.
Utility➦
Something that is useful.
Convenience➦
A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.
Utility➦
(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
Convenience➦
The state of being suitable or opportune;
Chairs arranged for his own convenience
Utility➦
(philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
Convenience➦
The quality of being useful and convenient;
They offered the convenience of an installment plan
Utility➦
A natural or legal areal monopoly distributer of a commodity (less often a service) delivered in continuous flows to multiple consumers from a common physical, infrastructural network, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
Convenience➦
A toilet that is available to the public
Utility➦
(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.
Convenience➦
A device that is very useful for a particular job
Utility➦
(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
Utility➦
Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
Utility line; utility bill
Utility➦
(Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
Utility room; utility corridor
Utility➦
Functional rather than attractive.
Utility➦
The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless.
Utility➦
Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economy should be called by that name and no other.
Utility➦
Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.
Utility➦
A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Utility➦
The quality of being of practical use
Utility➦
The service provided by a utility company;
The cost of utilities never decreases
Utility➦
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
Utility➦
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;
A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users
Utility➦
A facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal;
The price of the house included all utilities
Utility➦
Used of beef; usable but inferior
Utility➦
Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
A utility infielder
