Uses vs. Use — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Uses and Use
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Definitions
Uses➦
To put into service or employ for a purpose
I used a whisk to beat the eggs. The song uses only three chords.
Use➦
Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ
She used her key to open the front door
The poem uses simple language
Uses➦
To avail oneself of; practice
Use caution.
Use➦
Take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply
We have used all the available funds
Uses➦
To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle
"the peace offering of a man who once used you unkindly" (Laurence Sterne).
Use➦
Describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past
This road used to be a dirt track
I used to give him lifts home
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Uses➦
To seek or achieve an end by means of; exploit
Used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president.
Felt he was being used by seekers of favor.
Use➦
Be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience
She was used to getting what she wanted
He's weird, but you just have to get used to him
Uses➦
To take or consume for a purpose
She used her savings to buy a computer.
Use➦
One would like or benefit from
I could use another cup of coffee
Uses➦
To partake of, especially as a habit
She rarely uses alcohol.
Use➦
The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose
Hyper-modern trains are now in use
The software is ideal for use in schools
Theatre owners were charging too much for the use of their venues
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Uses➦
(ys, yst) Used in the past tense followed by to in order to indicate a former state, habitual practice, or custom
Mail service used to be faster.
Use➦
The value or advantage of something
It was no use trying to persuade her
What's the use of crying?
Uses➦
(Slang) To take an illegal or narcotic drug, especially as a habit.
Use➦
The habitual consumption of a drug
Burgling and dealing financed their heroin use
Uses➦
The act of using something; the application or employment of something for a purpose
With the use of a calculator.
Skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Use➦
The characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.
Uses➦
The condition or fact of being used
A chair in regular use.
Use➦
To put into service or employ for a purpose
I used a whisk to beat the eggs. The song uses only three chords.
Uses➦
The manner of using; usage
Learned the proper use of power tools.
Use➦
To avail oneself of; practice
Use caution.
Uses➦
The permission, privilege, or benefit of using something
Gave us the use of their summerhouse.
Use➦
To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle
"the peace offering of a man who once used you unkindly" (Laurence Sterne).
Uses➦
The power or ability to use something
Lost the use of one arm.
Use➦
To seek or achieve an end by means of; exploit
Used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president.
Felt he was being used by seekers of favor.
Uses➦
The need or occasion to use or employ something
I have no use for these old clothes.
Use➦
To take or consume for a purpose
She used her savings to buy a computer.
Uses➦
The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end; usefulness
I tried to be of use in the kitchen.
Use➦
To partake of, especially as a habit
She rarely uses alcohol.
Uses➦
A purpose for which something is used
A tool with several uses.
A pretty bowl, but of what use is it?.
Use➦
(ys, yst) Used in the past tense followed by to in order to indicate a former state, habitual practice, or custom
Mail service used to be faster.
Uses➦
Gain or advantage; good
There's no use in discussing it. What's the use?.
Use➦
(Slang) To take an illegal or narcotic drug, especially as a habit.
Uses➦
Accustomed or usual procedure or practice
"We are but creatures of use and custom" (Mark Twain).
Use➦
The act of using something; the application or employment of something for a purpose
With the use of a calculator.
Skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Uses➦
A particular custom or practice
Uses introduced by recent immigrants.
Use➦
The condition or fact of being used
A chair in regular use.
Uses➦
Enjoyment of property, as by occupying or employing it.
Use➦
The manner of using; usage
Learned the proper use of power tools.
Uses➦
The benefit or profit of lands and tenements of which the legal title is vested in another.
Use➦
The permission, privilege, or benefit of using something
Gave us the use of their summerhouse.
Uses➦
The arrangement establishing the equitable right to such benefits and profits.
Use➦
The power or ability to use something
Lost the use of one arm.
Uses➦
A liturgical form practiced in a particular church, ecclesiastical district, or community.
Use➦
The need or occasion to use or employ something
I have no use for these old clothes.
Uses➦
Plural of use
Use➦
The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end; usefulness
I tried to be of use in the kitchen.
Uses➦
(legal) A form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another in trust.
Use➦
A purpose for which something is used
A tool with several uses.
A pretty bowl, but of what use is it?.
Use➦
Gain or advantage; good
There's no use in discussing it. What's the use?.
Use➦
Accustomed or usual procedure or practice
"We are but creatures of use and custom" (Mark Twain).
Use➦
A particular custom or practice
Uses introduced by recent immigrants.
Use➦
Enjoyment of property, as by occupying or employing it.
Use➦
The benefit or profit of lands and tenements of which the legal title is vested in another.
Use➦
The arrangement establishing the equitable right to such benefits and profits.
Use➦
A liturgical form practiced in a particular church, ecclesiastical district, or community.
Use➦
The act of using.
The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
Use➦
(uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
Use➦
Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
Use➦
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
Use➦
Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
Use➦
Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
Use➦
(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
Use➦
(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
Use➦
(Christianity) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
The Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
Use➦
(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.
Use➦
To utilize or employ.
Use➦
(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
Use➦
To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
Use➦
(transitive) To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
Use➦
(transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
Use➦
(intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
Use➦
To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
Use➦
To accustom; to habituate. Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.
Use➦
To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
Use➦
To suggest, request, demand or expect that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
I use they/them pronouns.
Use➦
To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
I used to get things done.
Use➦
(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
To use an animal cruelly
Use➦
To behave, act, comport oneself.
Use➦
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.
Books can never teach the use of books.
This Davy serves you for good uses.
When he framedAll things to man's delightful use.
Use➦
Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
Use➦
Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
God made two great lights, great for their useTo man.
'T is use alone that sanctifies expense.
Use➦
Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
Let later age that noble use envy.
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Use➦
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
O Cæsar! these things are beyond all use.
Use➦
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.
From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use.
Use➦
The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him.
Use➦
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.
Use➦
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.
Use➦
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.
Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs.
Some other means I have which may be used.
Use➦
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
How wouldst thou use me now?
Cato has used me ill.
Use➦
To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
Use hospitality one to another.
Use➦
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.
I am so used in the fire to blow.
Thou with thy compeers,Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels.
I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the powerWhich thy discretion gives thee, to controlAnd manage all.
To study nature will thy time employ:Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy.
Use➦
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."
They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone.
Fears use to be represented in an imaginary.
Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room.
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp.
Use➦
To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.
He useth every day to a merchant's house.
Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers useOf shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks.
Use➦
The act of using;
He warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Skilled in the utilization of computers
Use➦
A particular service;
He put his knowledge to good use
Patrons have their uses
Use➦
What something is used for;
The function of an auger is to bore holes
Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
Use➦
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;
The consumption of energy has increased steadily
Use➦
A pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;
She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair
Long use had hardened him to it
Use➦
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;
We were given the use of his boat
Use➦
Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;
His manipulation of his friends was scandalous
Use➦
Put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;
Use your head!
We only use Spanish at home
I can't make use of this tool
Apply a magnetic field here
This thinking was applied to many projects
How do you utilize this tool?
I apply this rule to get good results
Use the plastic bags to store the food
He doesn't know how to use a computer
Use➦
Take or consume (regularly or habitually);
She uses drugs rarely
Use➦
Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage;
She uses her influential friends to get jobs
The president's wife used her good connections
Use➦
Use up, consume fully;
The legislature expended its time on school questions
Use➦
Avail oneself to;
Apply a principle
Practice a religion
Use care when going down the stairs
Use your common sense
Practice non-violent resistance
Use➦
Habitually do something (use only in the past tense);
She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally
I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall
They used to vacation in the Bahamas
