Use vs. Application — What's the Difference?

Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ

The act of applying.

Take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply

Something applied, such as a cosmetic or curative agent.

Describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past

The act of putting something to a special use or purpose

Be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience

A specific use to which something is put

One would like or benefit from

The capacity of being usable; relevance

The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose

Close attention; diligence

The value or advantage of something

A request, as for assistance, employment, or admission to a school.

The habitual consumption of a drug

The form or document on which such a request is made.

The characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.

(Computers) A computer program designed for a specific task or use.

To put into service or employ for a purpose

Of or being a computer program designed for a specific task or use

To avail oneself of; practice

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle

The substance applied.

To seek or achieve an end by means of; exploit

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

To take or consume for a purpose

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

To partake of, especially as a habit

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

(ys, yst) Used in the past tense followed by to in order to indicate a former state, habitual practice, or custom

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

(Slang) To take an illegal or narcotic drug, especially as a habit.

A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

The act of using something; the application or employment of something for a purpose

The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

The condition or fact of being used

Diligence; close thought or attention.

The manner of using; usage

A kind of needlework; appliqué.

The permission, privilege, or benefit of using something

(obsolete) Compliance.

The power or ability to use something

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

The need or occasion to use or employ something

The thing applied.

The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end; usefulness

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

A purpose for which something is used

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

Gain or advantage; good

That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable.

Accustomed or usual procedure or practice

The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

A particular custom or practice

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

Enjoyment of property, as by occupying or employing it.

The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

The benefit or profit of lands and tenements of which the legal title is vested in another.

A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

The arrangement establishing the equitable right to such benefits and profits.

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;

A liturgical form practiced in a particular church, ecclesiastical district, or community.

The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose;

The act of using.

A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

(uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

The work of applying something;

Usefulness, benefit.

Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

A diligent effort;

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

(Christianity) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.

(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

To utilize or employ.

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

To expend; to consume by employing.

(transitive) To exploit.

(transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.

(intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.

To accustom; to habituate. Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.

To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.

To suggest, request, demand or expect that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.

To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

To behave, act, comport oneself.

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.

Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.

Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.

Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.

The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.

To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.

To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.

To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."

To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.

The act of using;

A particular service;

What something is used for;

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

A pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;

(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;

Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;

Put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Take or consume (regularly or habitually);

Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage;

Use up, consume fully;

Avail oneself to;

Habitually do something (use only in the past tense);