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I've got all but the
use/use
one. What's the other usecase if one is "to consume"?It has utility = it has use
To consume = to use
You can have a use for something, and you can also use something (first one is pronounced the same as the end of 'papoose', second one is pronounced the same as 'ooze')
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The noun 'use', as in 'this has a specific use'
What’s the use of giving you the answer when you can look it up on the internet?
To have a brief conversation. I can look everything up myself, but it's nice not being a basement dweller every now and then.
It was just my crass humor. I used the noun version of the word “use” because you said you couldn’t figure out how to use it.