Choose and Need

Choose

Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Need and choose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Choose and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

character	choose character	need character
power	choose power	need power
man	choose man	need man
people	choose people	need people
Other words: name, someone, number, time, way, weapon, whatever, skills, powers, weapons.

Ogres prefer to be buried someplace nasty like a garbage dump; if something like that isn't handy, you need to curse the burial site you choose.

Source: Last Disrespects
Confessors therefore choose their eventual husbands not based on love or desire, but simply based on the need for procreation to pass their powers on to the next generation.

Source: Virgin Tension
In Civilization: Beyond Earth, you need to colonize a new planet for humanity survive and need to choose an affinity to your faction.

Source: Harmony Versus Discipline

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