Competitive
Competitive adjective - Involving competition or competitiveness.
Utility and competitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Utility" instead an adjective "Competitive".
Utility
Utility adjective - Used of beef; usable but inferior.
Competitive and utility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Competitive" instead an adjective "Utility".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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By far the most played medic in competitive settings, Sawbonez finds utility on defense and offense alike, keeping his teammates alive and around him.
Source: The Medic -
Distracted By The Shiny: Collectors put a premium on the "holo" cards, allowing the competitive players to easily trade one valuable card with little game utility for multiple (much more useful) trainer cards.
Source: Tabletop Game / Pokémon - The Pokémon Black and White expansions seems to have made most Legendary Pokémon deliberately stronger and tougher, and the ones who didn't have been given competitive utility.
Source: CCG Importance Dissonance
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