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What is the difference between necessary and vital and essential ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between necessary and vital and essential ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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5 Jul 2021
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The main difference is in the 'importance' that each word gives. Let me use an example...
vital = food, water, air
essential = shelter, clothing, job
necessary = furniture, transportation
See what I mean? Vital are things you can't live without. You will die without them. Essential are important things that you *need* to survive, but you won't die if you don't have them. Necessary are things that you *should* have, but they aren't essential.
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