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Necessary vs Necessitous - What's the difference?

necessary | necessitous |

As adjectives the difference between necessary and necessitous

is that necessary is needed, required while necessitous is needy, indigent, destitute, poor.

As a noun necessary

is bathroom, toilet, loo.

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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    necessitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.
  • * 1843 , , book 2, chapter 6 (“Monk Samson”):
    • For all our vow of poverty, we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity.
  • (archaic) In need, lacking.

    • Synonyms

    * See also