Required and Significant

Required

Required adjective - Impossible to do without.
Usage example: with these frigid winds, hats, scarves, and good mittens are required equipment for heading outside

Significant and required are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Significant" instead an adjective "Required".

Nearby Words: requirement, requiring

Significant

Significant adjective - Clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood).

Required and significant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Required" instead an adjective "Significant".

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Static Shock To the show's credit, it represented a gunshot wound as incredibly painful, and inflicting a wound that required surgery and significant recovery time.
  • Video Game / The Secret World Players in groups are required to fulfill a tank, healer or damage dealer archetype, but there is significant wiggle-room in how this can be done.
  • The egregiously Nintendo Hard Gradius III AC had significant slowdown when there was a lot of enemies/bullets on the screen, which was practically required to navigate these bullet storms.
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