use vs usage :

use vs usage

use or usage

Use primarily means to utilize or employ something for unique purpose and function. 

"I plan to use the restroom in a few minutes."

Usage also has an extremely close meaning to its root word, use but it adopts the sense of continuity or  commonness of something that is attached to the word in a sentence.

"The usage of melee weapons against guns and bombs is suicidal."


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Definitions
  use
  • n  the act of using
    he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
  • n  what something is used for
    ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
  • n  a particular service
    he put his knowledge to good use
    patrons have their uses
  • n  (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
  • n  (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
    long use had hardened him to it
  • n  exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
  • n  (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
    we were given the use of his boat
  • v  put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
    use your head!
    we only use Spanish at home
    I can't use this tool
    use the plastic bags to store the food
    He doesn't know how to use a computer
  • v  take or consume (regularly or habitually)
    She uses drugs rarely
  • v  use up, consume fully
  • v  seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
    She uses her influential friends to get jobs
    The president's wife used her good connections
  • v  avail oneself to
    use care when going down the stairs
    use your common sense
  • v  habitually do something (use only in the past tense)
    She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally
    I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall
    They used to vacation in the Bahamas
  usage
  • n  the act of using
  • n  accepted or habitual practice
  • n  the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
    English usage
    a usage borrowed from French
News & Articles
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  usage
  • Help manage town’s sports fields
    The Ashland Fields Management Group is seeking a volunteer representing local youth sports to serve on the five-member town committee. The panel, which is appointed by the Board of Selectmen and School Committee and reports to the selectmen, provides oversight and management for all fields in town with regards to maintenance, usage, and improvements. Members serve two-year terms; the current ...
    June 16, 2013 - Boston Globe
  • Bigger threat: Edward Snowden or NSA?
    What do you think of Edward Snowden? By leaking classified documents to the media and revealing that the National Security Agency has been monitoring our phone and Internet usage, is he a traitor or a hero? Could he simply be a narcissist looking to get famous? Or do you not care about either him or the NSA surveillance programs?
    June 15, 2013 - CNN
  • Summer temps heat up talk about conservation and water wasting
    As our temperatures go up, typically, so does area water usage, but sometimes some of that usage may be more wasteful than useful.
    June 13, 2013 - KFDA-TV Amarillo