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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')
The noun 'use', as in 'this has a specific use'
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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.