The difference between Demand and Imposition

When used as nouns, demand means the desire to purchase goods and services, whereas imposition means the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

Demand is also verb with the meaning: to request forcefully.

check bellow for the other definitions of Demand and Imposition

  1. Demand as a noun:

    The desire to purchase goods and services.

    Examples:

    "Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply."

  2. Demand as a noun (economics):

    The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

  3. Demand as a noun:

    A forceful claim for something.

    Examples:

    "Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality."

  4. Demand as a noun:

    A requirement.

    Examples:

    "His job makes many demands on his time."

    "There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia."

  5. Demand as a noun:

    An urgent request.

    Examples:

    "She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention."

  6. Demand as a noun:

    An order.

  7. Demand as a noun (electricity supply):

    More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

  1. Demand as a verb:

    To request forcefully.

    Examples:

    "I demand to see the manager."

  2. Demand as a verb:

    To claim a right to something.

    Examples:

    "The bank is demanding the mortgage payment."

  3. Demand as a verb:

    To ask forcefully for information.

    Examples:

    "I demand an immediate explanation."

  4. Demand as a verb:

    To require of someone.

    Examples:

    "This job demands a lot of patience."

  5. Demand as a verb (legal):

    To issue a summons to court.

  1. Imposition as a noun:

    The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

  2. Imposition as a noun:

    That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

  3. Imposition as a noun:

    An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.

  4. Imposition as a noun (printing):

    Arrangement of a printed product's pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.

  5. Imposition as a noun (religion):

    A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.

  6. Imposition as a noun (UK):

    A task imposed on a student as punishment.

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