Utility vs. Tool
Difference Between Utility and Tool
Utilitynoun
The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
Toolnoun
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
Hand me that tool, would you?I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.Utilitynoun
Something that is useful.
Toolnoun
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
Utilitynoun
(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
Toolnoun
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
Utilitynoun
(philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
Toolnoun
(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.a tool for recovering deleted files from a diskUtilitynoun
A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
Toolnoun
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.Utilitynoun
(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.Toolnoun
(slang) Penis.
Utilitynoun
(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
Toolnoun
An obnoxious or uptight person.
He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.Utilityadjective
Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
utility line; utility billToolverb
(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
Utilityadjective
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 roomToolverb
(transitive) To equip with tools.
Utilitynoun
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Toolverb
(intransitive) To work very hard.
Utilitynoun
the quality of being of practical use
Toolverb
To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.Utilitynoun
the service provided by a utility company;
the cost of utilities never decreasesToolverb
To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
Utilitynoun
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
Toolverb
To drive (a coach, etc.)
Utilitynoun
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;
a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most usersToolverb
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
Utilitynoun
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal;
the price of the house included all utilitiesToolnoun
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Utilityadjective
used of beef; usable but inferior
Toolnoun
the means whereby some act is accomplished;
my greed was the instrument of my destructionscience has given us new tools to fight diseaseUtilityadjective
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
a utility infielderToolnoun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Toolnoun
obscene terms for penis
Toolverb
drive;
The convertible tooled down the streetToolverb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;
We tooled down the streetToolverb
furnish with tools
Toolverb
work with a tool
