Prerequisite vs Benefit - What's the difference?

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Prerequisite is a related term of benefit.

As nouns the difference between prerequisite and benefit

is that prerequisite is something that must be gained in order to gain something else while benefit is an advantage, help, sake or aid from something.

As an adjective prerequisite

is required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

As a verb benefit is

to be or to provide a benefit to.

prerequisite

English

Adjective

(-)

Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

Synonyms

* See also

Noun

(en noun)

Something that must be gained in order to gain something else

Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing.

In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq .

Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics .

benefit

English

Noun

(en noun)

An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.

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A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.

A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.

(obsolete) beneficence; liberality

Derived terms

* beneficial * benefiter

Synonyms

* (advantage, help ): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help * (payment ): subsidy

Antonyms

* (advantage, help ): disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment

Verb

To be or to provide a benefit to.

* Bible, Jer. xviii. 10

I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Usage notes

* Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being a minor variant especially in the US.

Synonyms

* help, batten

Antonyms

* malefic * detriment

Derived terms

(terms derived from "benefit") * benefit association * benefit dollar * benefit in kind * benefit of clergy * benefit principle * benefit society * benefit-cost analysis * benefit-cost ratio * benefits coordinator * bennies * cafeteria benefit * child tax benefit * core benefit * cost-benefit analysis * death benefit * elective benefit * employee benefit * equivalent annual benefit * family benefit * friend with benefits * fringe benefit * income-related benefit * injury benefit * maternity benefit * means-tested benefit * nonstatutory fringe benefit * nonwage benefit * private benefit * risk-benefit * sickness benefit * state benefit * stranded benefit * supplementary benefit * survivor benefit * unemployment benefit * variable death benefit *