Deficit
Deficit noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Required and deficit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Required" instead a noun "Deficit".
Nearby Words: deficient, deficiency
Required
Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Deficit and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficit" instead a noun "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Both words in one sentence
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As the prices were fixed, the only outcome of the money supply overrunning the supply of goods was the shortage — the dreaded deficit, when even the basics required enormous lines, and the population that turned their disaffection with the government into a ridicule.
Source: Ridiculous Future Inflation
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