different between utility vs availability
utility
English
Etymology
utile +? -ity, from Old French utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ?tilit?s, from uti (“to use”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju??t?l.?.ti/
- Rhymes: -?l?ti
Noun
utility (countable and uncountable, plural utilities)
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- Something that is useful.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (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.
- 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 10, page 35)
- The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
Antonyms
- disutility
- inutility
Derived terms
- beautility
- multiutility
- utilitarian
Translations
Adjective
utility
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- utility line; utility bill
- 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).
- utility room
Synonyms
- (state of being useful): usefulness, note
- See also Thesaurus:utility
Spanish
Noun
utility m (plural utilitys)
- (sports) utility
utility From the web:
- what utility services my address
- what utility district am i in
- what utility is heat
- what utility knife used for
- what utility does bitcoin have
- what utility means
- what utility is hot water
- what utility is heat under
availability
English
Etymology
From available +? -ity; attested since the early 1800s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ve?l??b?l?t?]
Noun
availability (usually uncountable, plural availabilities)
- (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being available.
- What is your availability this week?
- (countable) That which is available.
- We have several availabilities.
Synonyms
- (quality of being available): availableness, accessibility
Antonyms
- (quality of being available): non-availability, nonavailability, unavailability
Derived terms
- high-availability
- low-availability
Translations
availability From the web:
- what availability means
- what availability do you have
- what's availability heuristic
- what availability in job
- what availability plan contains
- what's availability sampling
- what availability date means
- what availability date
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