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Requirement vs Needs - What's the difference?

requirement | needs |

As nouns the difference between requirement and needs

is that requirement is a necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory while needs is plural of lang=en.

As an adverb needs is

of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; often with must, and equivalent to "of need".

As a verb needs is

third-person singular of need.

requirement

English

(wikipedia requirement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "requirement": stringent, complex, reasonable, mandatory, important, financial, medical, educational, physical, chemical * Verbs often used with "requirement": meet, comply with, satisfy, fulfill, impose, waive, abolish, drop, add, remove, fail to meet, ignore, understand, state, specify, increase, reduce, change, modify

    Synonyms

    * (prerequisite) condition, prerequisite, necessity

    Derived terms

    * functional requirement * requirements engineering * requirements analysis

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    needs

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; often with must , and equivalent to "of need".
  • * We needs must jangle, till at last / We fought and I was beat.
  • * , (A Shropshire Lad), XXV, line 3-4

    • Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (need)

    • Anagrams

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