Chore and Need

Chore

Chore noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Need and chore are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Chore".

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Chore and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chore" instead a noun "Need".

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

long	long chore	long need
single	single chore	single need
real	real chore	real need
big	big chore	big need
Other adjectives: huge, absolute, last.

Stargate Universe has this as a major plot element — the ship can handle itself, but if they need to turn off the autopilot so they can do something else it's quite a chore.

Source: Crew of One
Gameplay Automation: Farms need to be reseeded regularly to continue producing food, which is a bit of a chore on its own; to alleviate this, the expansion added the ability for the player can queue up new farms at mills, but this also needs to be done manually.

Source: Video Game / Age of Empires II
He finds he can't do anything in the game because he is continuously being harassed by his own character's need to eat, drink, and sleep, and that constantly having to keep the rapidly-draining meters full becomes a chore rather than a pleasure if they're too intrusive.

Source: Web Video / Jimquisition

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