different between utility vs utensil

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)

1. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
2. Something that is useful.
3. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
4. (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
5. (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
6. (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.

7. (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Antonyms

• disutility
• inutility

Derived terms

• beautility
• multiutility
• utilitarian

Translations

Adjective

utility

1. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.

   utility line; utility bill

2. 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)

1. (sports) utility

English

Etymology

From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ?t?nsilis (“useful, usable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ju?t?n.s?l/
• Rhymes: -?ns?l

Noun

utensil (plural utensils)

1. An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

   We have convenient storage for all the kitchen utensils.

2. A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.

   He stocked up on old-style writing utensils.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:utensil.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:instrument

Translations

Further reading

• utensil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• utensil at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• luniest, luteins, sultine, untiles