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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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What is the difference between use and usage?
  

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I take "usage" as a particular standard or non-standard way of using something. It's a noun. "Practice" is almost a synonym.

  • I take "usage" as a particular standard or non-standard way of using something.
  • It's a noun.
  • "Practice" is almost a synonym.
  • Breaking a raw egg into one's beer seems like a strange usage / practice.
  • " "Practice" is also a verb, as is "use," but "usage" is only a noun.
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I take "usage" as a particular standard or non-standard way of using something. It's a noun. "Practice" is almost a synonym. Breaking a raw egg into one's beer seems like a strange usage / practice.

We say "the practice of X," but I don't think we say "the usage of X."

"Practice" is also a verb, as is "use," but "
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Edit. "Useage" can be countable or uncountable. This is bad usage. This is a bad usage.

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