Difference between Require and Demand

What is the difference between Require and Demand?

Require as a verb is to ask (someone) for something; to request. while Demand as a verb is to request forcefully.

Require

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ask (someone) for something; to request. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. To demand of (someone) to do something.

Demand

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To request forcefully.To claim a right to something.To ask forcefully for information.To require of someone.To issue a summons to court.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The desire to purchase goods and services.The amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price.A need.A claim for something.A requirement.An urgent request.An order.(electric) the 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.

We hope you now know whether to use Require or Demand in your sentence.

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