Usefulness vs. Utility
Usefulnessnoun
The quality or degree of being useful.
âThe usefulness of his latest reorganisation has been disputed.â;
Utilitynoun
The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
Usefulnessnoun
The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
Utilitynoun
Something that is useful.
Usefulnessnoun
the quality of being of practical use
Utilitynoun
(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
Utilitynoun
(philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
Utilitynoun
A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
Utilitynoun
(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.
âI've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.â;
Utilitynoun
(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
Utilityadjective
Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
âutility line; utility billâ;
Utilityadjective
Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer).
âutility roomâ;
Utilitynoun
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.
âThe utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless.â;
Utilitynoun
Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
âValue in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economy should be called by that name and no other.â;
Utilitynoun
Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.
Utilitynoun
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Utilitynoun
the quality of being of practical use
Utilitynoun
the service provided by a utility company;
âthe cost of utilities never decreasesâ;
Utilitynoun
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
Utilitynoun
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;
âa computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most usersâ;
Utilitynoun
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;
âthe price of the house included all utilitiesâ;
Utilityadjective
used of beef; usable but inferior
Utilityadjective
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
âa utility infielderâ;
Utility
Within economics, the concept of utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time.
