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Exigency vs. Urgencies — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Exigency and Urgencies

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Definitions

Exigency

An urgent need or demand
Women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it
He put financial exigency before personal sentiment

Urgencies

The quality or condition of being urgent; pressing importance
The urgency of the call for help.
Pleading with urgency.

Exigency

A pressing or urgent situation
"We were caught in a wartime exigency that was beyond any humane, any rational, resistance" (John Kenneth Galbraith).

Urgencies

A pressing necessity.

Exigency

An urgent requirement; a pressing need
"distracted by the exigencies of running a business" (Richard Curtis).
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Urgencies

Plural of urgency

Exigency

The demands or requirements of a situation.

Exigency

An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.

Exigency

The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.

Exigency

A pressing or urgent situation;
The health-care exigency
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Exigency

A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;
He never knew what to do in an emergency

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