From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 5 16:34:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from repulse.cnchost.com (repulse.concentric.net [207.155.248.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9597A37B41B for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:34:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from bitblocks.com (adsl-209-204-185-216.sonic.net [209.204.185.216]) by repulse.cnchost.com id TAA04478; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:34:34 -0500 (EST) [ConcentricHost SMTP Relay 1.14] Message-ID: <200204060034.TAA04478@repulse.cnchost.com> To: Greg Pavelcak Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use/Utilize In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Apr 2002 13:38:57 EST." <20020405183857.GA58446@oitunix.oit.umass.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:34:34 -0800 From: Bakul Shah Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > For my own peace of mind, could someone provide an example where S uses A, > but S does not utilize A. Or the other way 'round. Utilising Webster's Online dictionary one finds this use: {Utility}, {Usefulness}. Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used chiefly of things in the concrete, while the latter is employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus, we speak of the utility of an invention, and the usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So beauty and utility (not usefulness) are brought into comparison. Still, the words are often used interchangeably. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message