The difference between Luxury and Necessity
When used as nouns, luxury means very wealthy and comfortable surroundings, whereas necessity means the quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Luxury is also adjective with the meaning: very expensive.
check bellow for the other definitions of Luxury and Necessity
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Luxury as a noun:
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
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Luxury as a noun:
Something desirable but expensive.
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Luxury as a noun:
Something very pleasant but not really needed in life.
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Luxury as an adjective:
very expensive
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Luxury as an adjective:
not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
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Luxury as an adjective (automotive):
Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
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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).