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Needed vs Requisite - What's the difference?

needed | requisite |

As adjectives the difference between needed and requisite

is that needed is necessary; being needed while requisite is essential, required, indispensable.

As a verb needed

is past tense of need.

As a noun requisite is

an indispensable item; a requirement.

needed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (need)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Necessary; being needed.

    • requisite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Essential, required, indispensable.

    • Synonyms

    * necessary * See also

    Related terms

    * requisition

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An indispensable item; a requirement.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=, title=Utilitarianism citation
    • , passage=But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?}} ----