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| May 1, 2021 at 3:16 | comment | added | Benjamin Harman | Necessity is the mother of invention. Need is an alias she uses, a very useful one since it allows her to be more versatile, like sometimes function as a verb instead of just a noun. | |
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| Jun 28, 2017 at 9:34 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Maslow used 'needs' rather than 'necessities' in his work, and that his work is quite famous, means that the term 'need' has broadened in this usage (unlike 'necessity'); according to his theory, some 'needs' are more necessary than others. This is true in common speech too; 'I need a lift to work' isn't strictly true without qualification. The verbal usage tends to broaden the nounal; 'necessitate' is very rare in conversation and hasn't the corresponding meaning, so the broadening is not the same. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 9:32 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'These people have great needs' obviously doesn't sound right if written 'These people have great necessities'. Synonymity is almost always a vast topic even when only two synonyms are being considered. But 'need' and 'necessity' are certainly synonyms: 'New types of antibiotics are a n..., not merely a useful addition to the armoury.' // 'Needs' are sometimes graded; 'Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation".' [Wikipedia] The fact that ... | |
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| Jun 28, 2017 at 9:18 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @peerless I've now close-voted as OP has not added any evidence of research. A couple of dictionary definitions / example sentences for each word would suffice; they don't need to give a definitive answer to the question, but would in that case further highlight the problem. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 17:59 | comment | added | Drew | A need is something that is needed. A necessity is something that is necessary. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 17:49 | comment | added | NVZ♦ | @1QuickQuestion You don't need an umbrella to walk outside in the rain. You need legs and an able body. You need an umbrella to prevent yourself from getting wet, and in that case an umbrella is a necessity. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 17:10 | comment | added | user147593 | @EdwinAshworth 'You need to show signs of research' - is that a necessity? | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 16:43 | answer | added | grateful | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 16:23 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The umbrella is not a need. The complication is that definitions are allowed to broaden ('An Acme umbrella is a must!') / You need to show signs of research you yourself have done. | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:56 | comment | added | 1QuickQuestion | @NVZ Do you think that an umbrella is a necessity when walking outside in the rain? I would have thought that it was a need, but not a necessity, as you are able to walk outside in the rain without an umbrella. Does this make sense or is it a circular argument? In which case I guess I am arguing that needs are subsets of necessities which would address your first comment..... | |
| Jun 27, 2017 at 15:52 | comment | added | NVZ♦ | Food is a necessity for survival. I need food to survive. I don't see much of a difference between these two other than the fact that they are not always interchangeable within a given sentence. | |
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