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Amenity vs Requisite - What's the difference?

amenity | requisite |

As nouns the difference between amenity and requisite

is that amenity is pleasantness while requisite is an indispensable item; a requirement.

As an adjective requisite is

essential, required, indispensable.

amenity

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(amenities)
  • Pleasantness.
    • We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
  • A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
    • All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.
  • Convenience.
  • (cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (piece of infrastructure) facility, infrastructure

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Anagrams

    *

    requisite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Essential, required, indispensable.

    • Synonyms

    * necessary * See also

    Related terms

    * requisition

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An indispensable item; a requirement.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=, title=Utilitarianism citation
    • , passage=But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?}} ----