The difference between Impossibility and Necessity
When used as nouns, impossibility means something that is impossible, whereas necessity means the quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
check bellow for the other definitions of Impossibility and Necessity
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Impossibility as a noun:
Something that is impossible.
Examples:
"Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time."
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Impossibility as a noun (uncountable):
The quality of being impossible.
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Impossibility as a noun (obsolete):
Inability; helplessness.
Examples:
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Necessity as a noun:
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Examples:
"I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined."
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Necessity as a noun:
The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
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Necessity as a noun:
Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
Examples:
"A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping."
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Necessity as a noun:
Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
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Necessity as a noun:
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
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Necessity as a noun (legal):
Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
Examples:
"[[doctrine of necessity]]"
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Necessity as a noun (legal, in the plural):
Indispensable requirements (of life).