Utility vs. Tool

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.

Toolnoun

A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

Toolnoun

Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.

Toolnoun

Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

Toolnoun

(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

Toolnoun

A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

Toolnoun

(slang) Penis.

Toolnoun

An obnoxious or uptight person.

Toolverb

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

Toolverb

(transitive) To equip with tools.

Toolverb

(intransitive) To work very hard.

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.

Toolverb

To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.

Toolverb

To drive (a coach, etc.)

Toolverb

To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

Toolnoun

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.

Toolnoun

A machine for cutting or shaping materials; - also called machine tool.

Toolnoun

Hence, any instrument of use or service.

Toolnoun

A weapon.

Toolnoun

A person used as an instrument by another person; - a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.

Toolverb

To shape, form, or finish with a tool.

Toolverb

To drive, as a coach.

Toolverb

To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

Toolnoun

an implement used in the practice of a vocation

Toolnoun

the means whereby some act is accomplished;

Toolnoun

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;

Toolverb

ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;

Toolverb

furnish with tools

Toolverb

work with a tool

Toolnoun

a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function

Toolnoun

a thing used to help perform a job

Toolnoun

a person used or exploited by another

Toolnoun

a piece of software that carries out a particular function, typically creating or modifying another program.

Toolnoun

a distinct design in the tooling of a book.

Toolnoun

a small stamp or roller used to make a tooled design.

Toolnoun

a man's penis.

Toolnoun

a stupid, irritating, or contemptible man

Toolverb

impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover)

Toolverb

equip or be equipped with tools for industrial production

Toolverb

be or become armed, especially for criminal activity

Toolverb

drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner

Toolverb

dress (stone) with a chisel.

Tool

A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment. Although many animals use simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have been observed using tools to make other tools.