Demand
Demand noun - Something that someone insists upon having.
Usage example: the terrorists presented their list of demands
Must
Must noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.
Usage example: exercise is a must if you want to stay healthy
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| poor | poor demand | poor must |
| real | real demand | real must |
| big | big demand | big must |
| bad | bad demand | bad must |
| Other adjectives: military, greater, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Circe's demand is "soul-shattering" - Batman must sing a song for her in a night club, in front of an audience.
Source: Comically Small Demand -
Among other things, it must never be worn in the presence of Bradley Hardacre, because then social pressure would demand that it be taken off, and it must never be taken off out of class deference.
Source: Series / Brass - And you will, as the puzzles demand accuracy and six levels have meteors bombarding the surface, which you must run through to get from one part of the level to another.
Source: Nintendo Hard / Puzzle Games
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