thing vs necessary

necessary vs thing

thing and necessary both are nouns.

thing is not an adjective while necessary is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thing	Yes	No	No	No
necessary	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, necessary is a hyponym of thing; that is, necessary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than thing:

thing: a separate and self-contained entity
necessary: anything indispensable

Other hyponyms of thing include content, depicted object, subject, body of water, water, inessential, nonessential, essential, necessity, requirement, requisite, part, piece, reservoir, source, building block, unit, variable.

thing (noun)	necessary (noun)
a separate and self-contained entity	anything indispensable
an action
an artifact
an entity that is not named specifically
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
a special abstraction
a special objective
a vaguely specified concern
a statement regarded as an object
an event
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
a special situation

thing (adjective)	necessary (adjective)
	absolutely essential
	unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

Difference between thing and necessary

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