The difference between Casual and Necessary

When used as nouns, casual means a worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee, whereas necessary means a place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

When used as adjectives, casual means happening by chance, whereas necessary means required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.


check bellow for the other definitions of Casual and Necessary

  1. Casual as an adjective:

    Happening by chance.

    Examples:

    "They only had casual meetings."

  2. Casual as an adjective:

    Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

    Examples:

    "The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense."

  3. Casual as an adjective:

    Employed irregularly.

    Examples:

    "He was just a casual worker."

  4. Casual as an adjective:

    Careless.

  5. Casual as an adjective:

    Happening or coming to pass without design.

  6. Casual as an adjective:

    Informal, relaxed.

  7. Casual as an adjective:

    Designed for informal or everyday use.

  1. Casual as a noun (British, Australian, NZ):

    A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

  2. Casual as a noun:

    A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.

  3. Casual as a noun (UK):

    A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see .

  4. Casual as a noun:

    One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

  5. Casual as a noun (video games, informal, derogatory):

    A player of casual games.

    Examples:

    "usex The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it."

  6. Casual as a noun (British):

    (dated) A tramp.

  1. Necessary as an adjective:

    Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

    Examples:

    "Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet [[necessary]] that that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist."

    "It is absolutely [[necessary]] that you call and confirm your appointment."

  2. Necessary as an adjective:

    Unavoidable, inevitable.

    Examples:

    "If it is absolutely [[necessary]] to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account."

  3. Necessary as an adjective (obsolete):

    Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

  1. Necessary as a noun (UK, archaic, _, euphemism, usually with the definite article):

    A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.