addListener() vs. addEventListener()

I'm going through a set of tutorials, and where in the past I have used addListener to specify an object as an event listener, a new tutorial is asking me to use addEventListener().

The differrence is that addListener() requires only one parameter - the object that will be the listener. addEventListener also requires a string which is the name of the event that will be triggered. When I am listening for multiple events, this would necessitate multiple listeners - a big pain.

So - here's my question. Is there any application where addListener() just won't work, so I should deffinately use addEventListener()? Also, since addEventListener() is both more limited in function and more code intensive, is there any advantage it has over addListener()?

thanks!