Definitely vs Essential - What's the difference?
definitely | essential |
Without question and beyond doubt.
In a definite manner; decisively.
* Nikolai Gogol, The Nose (in translation)
Necessary.
Very important; of high importance.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
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Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
Really existing; existent.
* Webster (1623)
Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
(medicine) Idiopathic.
As an adverb definitely
is without question and beyond doubt.As an adjective essential is
necessary.As a noun essential is
a necessary ingredient.definitely
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The mother definitely has love for her child.
- And the Nose definitely turned away.
essential
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}
- Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.
- Is it true, that thou art but a name, / And no essential thing?
