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This helped me understand what I was getting at so I’ll try explaining again now with that.

The words are typically used in two different contexts, one more professional (utilize) and one more casual (use). The words can be chosen to hint at which context we’re in or shift the context locally if needed.

For example, a story about a group of drunk guys could say that one of them utilized a flat stone to dig, to add humour since we’re clearly not in that professional context.





It's just different meanings. "Utilize" means to put something to a use which doesn't normally have that use.



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