Essential and Initial

Essential adjective - Impossible to do without.

Initial and essential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Initial" instead an adjective "Essential".

Nearby Words: essence, essentially, essentiality

Initial adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.

Essential and initial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Essential" instead an adjective "Initial".

Nearby Words: initiate, initiation, initialing, initialed, initialize