essential

As nouns the difference between essential and relevance

is that essential is a necessary ingredient while relevance is the property or state of being relevant or pertinent.

As an adjective essential

is necessary.

As nouns the difference between essential and advantage

is that essential is a necessary ingredient while advantage is any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

As an adjective essential

is necessary.

As a verb advantage is

to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.

As nouns the difference between bulwark and essential

is that bulwark is a defensive wall or rampart while essential is a necessary ingredient.

As a verb bulwark

is to fortify something with a wall or rampart.

As an adjective essential is

necessary.

As nouns the difference between essential and import

is that essential is a necessary ingredient while import is import (the act of importing).

As an adjective essential

is necessary.

As adjectives the difference between essential and adjunct

is that essential is necessary while adjunct is connected in a subordinate function.

As nouns the difference between essential and adjunct

is that essential is a necessary ingredient while adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

As adjectives the difference between minimal and essential

is that minimal is the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree while essential is necessary.

As a noun essential is

a necessary ingredient.

As nouns the difference between gist and essential

is that gist is the most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter while essential is a necessary ingredient.

As a verb gist

is to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

As an adjective essential is

necessary.

As an adjective essential

is necessary.

As a noun essential

is a necessary ingredient.

As an adverb merely is

(obsolete) wholly, entirely.

As adjectives the difference between prerequisite and essential

is that prerequisite is required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable while essential is necessary.

As nouns the difference between prerequisite and essential

is that prerequisite is something that must be gained in order to gain something else while essential is a necessary ingredient.

As nouns the difference between essential and beneficiaries

is that essential is a necessary ingredient while beneficiaries is .

As an adjective essential

is necessary.