different between utilize vs misuse

English

Alternative forms

• utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ?tilis, from ?t? (“use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?t?la?z/

Verb

utilize (third-person singular simple present utilizes, present participle utilizing, simple past and past participle utilized)

1. (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise

Usage notes

• See usage notes at utilise.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Sir Ernest Gowers: The Complete Plain Words. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1965.
• Eric Partridge: Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. England, Penguin Books, 1973.
• John E. Kahn (ed): The Right Word at the Right Time. London, Readers Digest, 1985.
• Pam Peters: The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u?ti?li?ze

Verb

utilize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of utilizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of utilizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of utilizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of utilizar

English

Etymology 1

mis- +? use (noun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?ju?s/

Noun

misuse (countable and uncountable, plural misuses)

1. An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.

Translations

Etymology 2

mis- +? use (verb)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?ju?z/

Verb

misuse (third-person singular simple present misuses, present participle misusing, simple past and past participle misused or (obsolete) misust)

1. (transitive) To use (something) incorrectly. [from 14th c.]
2. (transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone). [from 14th c.]
3. (transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone). [from 14th c.]
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 326:

     “If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.”

4. (obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult. [16th-17th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

• Iseums, Muises, mussie