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Needed vs Crucial - What's the difference?

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Needed is a related term of crucial.


As adjectives the difference between needed and crucial

is that needed is necessary; being needed while crucial is being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.

As a verb needed

is (need).

needed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (need)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Necessary; being needed.
  • crucial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-07, author= Nicole Vulser
  • , volume=190, issue=13, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies , passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial , but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}
  • (label) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
  • Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
  • Derived terms

    * crucial experiment

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