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Optional vs Available - What's the difference?

optional | available |


As adjectives the difference between optional and available

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while available is such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.

Optional vs Selectional - What's the difference?

optional | selectional |


As adjectives the difference between optional and selectional

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while selectional is of or pertaining to selection.

Essential vs Optional - What's the difference?

essential | optional |


As adjectives the difference between essential and optional

is that essential is necessary while optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

As a noun essential

is a necessary ingredient.

Optional vs Preferred - What's the difference?

optional | preferred |


As adjectives the difference between optional and preferred

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while preferred is favoured.

As a verb preferred is

(prefer).

As a noun preferred is

(finance) preferred stock.

Legend vs Optional - What's the difference?

legend | optional |


As a noun legend

is a story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

As a verb legend

is (archaic|transitive) to tell or narrate; to recount.

As an adjective optional is

not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

Optional vs Selectable - What's the difference?

optional | selectable |


As adjectives the difference between optional and selectable

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while selectable is capable of being selected.

Optional vs Trivial - What's the difference?

optional | trivial |


As adjectives the difference between optional and trivial

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while trivial is ignorable; of little significance or value.

As a noun trivial is

(obsolete) any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Alternate vs Optional - What's the difference?

alternate | optional |


As adjectives the difference between alternate and optional

is that alternate is being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal while optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

As a noun alternate

is that which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

As a verb alternate

is to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

Optional vs Intentional - What's the difference?

optional | intentional |


As adjectives the difference between optional and intentional

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while intentional is intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

Optional vs Imperative - What's the difference?

optional | imperative |


As adjectives the difference between optional and imperative

is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while imperative is essential.

As a noun imperative is

the grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.

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