Duty and Utility

Duty

Duty noun - A charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use.

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Utility and duty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Utility" instead a noun "Duty".

Utility noun - The capacity for being useful for some purpose.

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Duty and utility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duty" instead a noun "Utility".

pure	pure duty	pure utility
public	public duty	public utility
true	true duty	true utility
actual	actual duty	actual utility
Other adjectives: real, main, social, important, sole, possible, last.

In the US X-Acto refers to a light duty craft knife, Stanley refers to a heavier duty knife or utility knife, used in construction etc.

Source: Brand Name Takeover
Mundane Utility: One duty officer mission has you sabotage a provisions stockpile of the KDF.

Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
Actually stated in the canon of BattleTech as one of the primary reasons a Mechwarrior would choose to pilot a Firestarter, a design which is so niche in its utility that it is of little strategic use when rampant use of incendiaries is not called for, outside of impromptu scout or picket duty.

Source: Pyro Maniac

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