Effect and Utility

Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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

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

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

best	best effect	best utility
similar	similar effect	similar utility
normal	normal effect	normal utility
common	common effect	common utility
Other adjectives: direct, single, obvious, powerful, actual, real, great, huge, little, main, practical, useful, possible, minor, additional, maximum, visual, added, awesome, overall.

Utility Magic: For most of the story, the most obvious effect of Mirasol's power as Chalice is that it makes her bees remarkably docile and productive, and her tiny farm supernaturally fruitful.

Source: Literature / Chalice
The effect is not immediate, so a "lucky arrow" is not a bottomless quiver in and of itself, but the enchantment has obvious utility regardless.

Source: Clingy MacGuffin
Sentinels like Kaidan and Engineers like Tali in Mass Effect are the resident utility party members.

Source: Utility Party Member

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