Essential vs Ensemble - What's the difference?
essential | ensemble |
Necessary.
Very important; of high importance.
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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.
a group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole
a coordinated costume or outfit; a suit
a group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company
* 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
(music) a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists
As nouns the difference between essential and ensemble
is that essential is a necessary ingredient while ensemble is .As an adjective essential
is necessary.essential
English
Adjective
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- Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.
- Is it true, that thou art but a name, / And no essential thing?
Synonyms
* indispensable, crucial, substantive * See alsoAntonyms
* inessential, unessential, accidental, nonessential, unneeded, adscititious, unimportant, accessorial, unnecessary, incidentalDerived terms
* essential amino acid * essential fatty acid * essential listening * essential nutrient * essential oil * essentially * essentialness * quintessentialensemble
English
Noun
(wikipedia ensemble) (en noun)- On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.