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usable (YOO zuh buhl) (adjective)
Capable of being employed or in good enough condition to be employed: The antique coffee grinder was still quite usable and Jack utilized it to grind his coffee every morning for breakfast.
useful (YOOS fuhl) (adjective)
Regarding something which helps to do or to achieve a purpose: It is quite useful to type texts on the computer because, for one thing, correcting mistakes is much easier.
Please make yourself useful. You can wash the kitchen utensils which are very usable even though they are old.
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