different between versatile vs utility

English

Etymology

From Latin vers?tilis (“turning easily”), from vers?tus, past participle of vers? (“I turn, change”), frequentative of vert? (“I turn”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?v?s?tl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??s?ta?l/, [?v??s?ta??]

Adjective

versatile (comparative more versatile, superlative most versatile)

1. Capable of doing many things competently.
2. Having varied uses or many functions.
3. Changeable or inconstant.
4. (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
5. (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
   • 2004, "queenchaser1158", Horny Versatile TV/TS Wanted in Phoenix (on newsgroup alt.personals.gay)
6. (gay slang) Capable of taking either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.

Derived terms

• versatility

Translations

Further reading

• versatile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• versatile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• versatile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• levirates, relatives

French

Etymology

From Latin vers?tilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.sa.til/

Adjective

versatile (plural versatiles)

1. versatile; easily changeable
2. indecisive

Derived terms

• versatilité

Further reading

• “versatile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin versatilis, from versare (“to turn, to twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ver?sa.ti.le/

Adjective

versatile (plural versatili)

1. versatile
2. all-round, all around, multiskilled

Derived terms

• versatilità

Anagrams

• laveresti, rilevaste, rivaleste, rivelaste, servitela, versateli

Latin

Adjective

vers?tile

1. nominative neuter singular of vers?tilis
2. accusative neuter singular of vers?tilis
3. vocative neuter singular of vers?tilis

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /versa?tile/

Adjective

versatile f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of versatil
2. accusative feminine plural of versatil
3. nominative neuter plural of versatil
4. accusative neuter plural of versatil

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