사용하다 vs 쓰다
펜을 사용하도 돼요?

펜을 써도 돼요?

Which one is more natural? And can someone give an example of when you can use the incorrect verb?

Question

사용하다 vs 쓰다
펜을 사용하도 돼요?

펜을 써도 돼요?

Which one is more natural? And can someone give an example of when you can use the incorrect verb?

Answer

Both are natural, but "사용하다" would sound a bit more formal than "쓰다".
"펜을 사용해도 돼요?"
= " 펜을 써도 돼요?"

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How r u doing brother.
I'm gonna give you a answer in my opinion.
The verb, '사용하다' is similar to the meaning mixing 'spend sth so that make better' in english.
And the other, '쓰다' has kind of mean 'just use'.
I hope you will get whatever you want

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The same meaning.사용하다will be better.

돈을 쓰다 right
돈을 사용하다 wrong

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쓰다 is use. and has synonyms ; 사용하다, 이용하다. 쓰다 is include both meaning. but we sometimes need to say in detail. when we say 사용하다, generally it's tool. 
펜을 사용하다, 컴퓨터를 사용하다, 화장품을 사용하다.
but we'd better to say 화장실을 이용하다 then 화장실을 사용하다. Of course we can say 화장실을 사용하다 but 이용하다 is more natural because 이용하다 is kind of facility.

below, a guy said 돈을 쓰다 is ok, but 돈을 사용하다 is wrong. in this sentence, 쓰다 is not the meaning 'use', it's 'spend'.

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