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Benefits vs Necessary - What's the difference?

benefits | necessary |

As nouns the difference between benefits and necessary

is that benefits is while necessary is (archaic|british) bathroom, toilet, loo.

As a verb benefits

is (benefit).

As an adjective necessary is

needed, required.

benefits

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (benefit)

    • necessary

    English

    (wikipedia necessary)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • needed, required
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis necessary he should die.
  • * Tillotson
    • A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.
  • Such as must be; not to be avoided; inevitable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come.
  • Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary.
    • Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

    Synonyms

    * (needed) See also * (such as must be) inevitable, natural

    Antonyms

    * (needed) unnecessary * (such as must be) evitable, incidental, impossible

    Derived terms

    * necessarily * necessary condition

    Related terms

    * necessariness * necessitate * necessitation * necessitousness * necessitude * necessity

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    Noun

    (necessaries)
  • (archaic, British) bathroom, toilet, loo

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