Commandment vs Requirement - What's the difference?
commandment | requirement |
Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
* Bible, John xiii. 34
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
* Shakespeare
(legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory.
Something asked.
(engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a)'' be deemed unacceptable, or ''(b)'' result in implementation failure, or ''(c) result in system failure.
As nouns the difference between commandment and requirement
is that commandment is one of the ten commandments while requirement is a necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory.commandment
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Alternative forms
* commaundment (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
- And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment .