The difference between Fatal and Necessary
When used as nouns, fatal means a fatality, whereas necessary means a place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
When used as adjectives, fatal means proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny, 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 Fatal and Necessary
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Fatal as an adjective:
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
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Fatal as an adjective:
Foreboding death or great disaster.
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Fatal as an adjective:
Causing death or destruction.
Examples:
"a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; nowrap a fatal mistake"
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Fatal as an adjective (computing):
Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
Examples:
"a fatal error; a fatal [[exception]]"
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Fatal as a noun:
A fatality; an event that leads to death.
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Fatal as a noun (computing):
A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
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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."
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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."
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Necessary as an adjective (obsolete):
Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
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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.