Chief and Essential

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Chief

Chief adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Essential is a synonym for chief in main topic. In some cases you can use "Essential" instead an adjective "Chief", when it comes to topics like primary.

Nearby Word: chiefly

Essential

Essential adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Chief is a synonym for essential in important topic. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead an adjective "Essential", if it concerns topics such as basic.

Nearby Words: essence, essentially, essentiality

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bad	bad chief	bad essential
black	black chief	black essential
main	main chief	main essential
secret	secret chief	secret essential

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Chief Engineer Johnston accomplished this by shutting off steam, hot water, and electricity to non-essential portions of the ship.

Source: Useful Notes / RMS Titanic
The chief difference is that 'Deep Battle' viewed artillery as essential to prevent losses among the attacking troops and tanks, whereas 'Modern Warfare'/'Blitzkrieg' considered artillery obsolete/unnecessary.

Source: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
Eventually, the Essential Visual Guide brought it back full-circle by stating that Chief's new duds were actually based off an old Mark IV variant (presumably the armor we see in the prologue).

Source: Video Game / Halo 4

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