Utility vs. Facility

Utilitynoun

The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

Utilitynoun

Something that is useful.

Utilitynoun

(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.

Utilitynoun

(philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.

Utilitynoun

A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.

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.

Utilitynoun

(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Utilityadjective

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

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).

Utilitynoun

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.

Utilitynoun

Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.

Utilitynoun

Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.

Utilitynoun

a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

Utilitynoun

the quality of being of practical use

Utilitynoun

the service provided by a utility company;

Utilitynoun

(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

Utilitynoun

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;

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;

Utilityadjective

used of beef; usable but inferior

Utilityadjective

capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;

Utility

Within economics, the concept of utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time.

Facilitynoun

The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

Facilitynoun

Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

Facilitynoun

The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.

Facilitynoun

An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.

Facilitynoun

A toilet.

Facilitynoun

A condition of mental weakness short of idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.

Facilitynoun

(dated) Affability.

Facilitynoun

The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

Facilitynoun

Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art.

Facilitynoun

Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; - usually in a bad sense; pliancy.

Facilitynoun

Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.

Facilitynoun

That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; - usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study.

Facilitynoun

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry;

Facilitynoun

skillful performance or ability without difficulty;

Facilitynoun

a natural effortlessness;

Facilitynoun

services and space and equipment provided for a particular purpose;

Facilitynoun

a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you;

Facilitynoun

a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose

Facilitynoun

a special feature of a service or machine, which offers the opportunity to do or benefit from something

Facilitynoun

a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily

Facilitynoun

absence of difficulty or effort