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Importance vs Necessary - What's the difference?

importance | necessary |

As nouns the difference between importance and necessary

is that importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note while necessary is bathroom, toilet, loo.

As an adjective necessary is

needed, required.

importance

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
  • significance or prominence
  • personal status or standing

    • 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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