Yes, in fact it's better in some ways because as a condensate this will not have any "nasties" in it, it will be pure condensed water

I use it all the time. It is what you would buy in the store as distilled water.

Yes you can use the water from the dryer and from the washer and bath/shower water, cooking and from washing your hair
All this water is ok to use in the garden

p.s. to all the super advice above - no question regarding gardening is 'silly'! Definitely not those about recycling waste water.
Back to the old days when us really oldies remember water buckets under the scullery (look it up if you don't know what one of those is!) sink. The bucket was then thrown out onto the garden once it was cool enough. We also had slop buckets for tea dregs and food buckets for the chickens and pigs - country life at it's finest!

No condenser dryers in those days...

No such thing as a silly question.
When I was little the house we lived in still had a scullery and slop buckets.

So is all the shampoo, washing up liquid, soap powder etc in this water ok
for going on the soil & plants then? I've never used this water before, only the rain water collected in the water butt.

Yes Feverfew it is fine. later if your plants have greenfly it will help get rid of them.

Even if you use bleach for the laundry,by the time it gets to the garden, it will be too degraded and diluted to do anything.

Thanks for replying. I shall be using it this year now.

Thank you all for your comments, I shall now use the water in the garden.
I hope you’re all coping well during the Corona strain. Hopefully we’ll all get more gardening done whilst being told to stay at home.