Requisite vs Modification - What's the difference?
requisite | modification | Related terms |
An indispensable item; a requirement.
* {{quote-book, year=1861, author=, title=Utilitarianism
, passage=But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?}}
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the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
an alteration or adjustment to something
* Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
* Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications : he got a tan.
(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
* The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow" .
(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am'' => '' 'm'' in ''I'm )
Requisite is a related term of modification.
As nouns the difference between requisite and modification
is that requisite is an indispensable item; a requirement while modification is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.As an adjective requisite
is essential, required, indispensable.requisite
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* necessary * See alsoNoun
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