Handle and Use

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Handle

Handle verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Usage example: handles all requests professionally, even when customers are rude
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Use is a synonym for handle in work topic. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a verb "Handle", when it comes to topics like control, manage, utilize, serve up.
Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

Use

Use verb - To put into action or service.
Usage example: I will need to use the large hammer for this project
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Handle is a synonym for use in work topic. You can use "Handle" instead a verb "Use", if it concerns topics such as consume, manage, utilize, serve up.
Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

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good good handle good use
better better handle better use
similar similar handle similar use
straight straight handle straight use
Other adjectives: obvious, heavy, actual, real, little, excellent, new, possible.

Common collocations

energy handle energy use energy
power handle power use power
kind handle kind use kind
time handle time use time
Other words: way, characters, technology, money, magic, weapon, sword, gun, attacks, powers, weapons, guns.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Lensman Empathic Weapon: The Lens functions as a psychic enhancer (for humans, at least) and is attuned to its user in such a way that anyone else who tries to use or handle it is killed instantly.
    Source: Literature / Lensman
  • Whoever was commissioned to do the assembly of both the 360 and PS3 must've had a grudge.note A common explanation is that no one knew how to use or handle lead-free solder.
    Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming
  • Power Incontinence Some Masks of Power are always active, or are simply too much for a normal being, or even a highly powerful being who lacks experience to handle and use properly.
    Source: Power Incontinence
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