Require vs. Demand — What's the Difference?

To have as a requisite or necessity; need or depend on

In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time. The relationship between price and quantity demanded is also called the demand curve.

To stipulate as obligatory by authority

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right

To demand as obligatory or appropriate

Ask authoritatively or brusquely

To impose an obligation on; compel

To ask for urgently or peremptorily

(obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request.

To claim as just or due

To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

To ask to be informed of

Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.

To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for

To demand of (someone) to do something.

To lay legal claim to; claim formally.

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

To ask that (something) be done in accordance with a legal requirement.

To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

To make a demand.

To ask as a favor; to request.

An act of demanding; an urgent request.

Require as useful, just, or proper;

Something demanded

Consider obligatory; request and expect;

An urgent requirement or need

Make someone do something

The state of being sought after

Have need of;

(Economics) The desire for goods or services in an economy, measured as the amount people are ready to buy at a given price

A formal claim.

A request that some act be done or payment made in accordance with a legal requirement.

(Archaic) An emphatic question or inquiry.

The desire to purchase goods and services.

(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

A forceful claim for something.

A requirement.

An urgent request.

An order.

(electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a 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.

To request forcefully.

To claim a right to something.

To ask forcefully for information.

To require of someone.

(legal) To issue a summons to court.

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.

To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.

To call into court; to summon.

To make a demand; to inquire.

The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.

Earnest inquiry; question; query.

A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.

That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.

The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.

The ability and desire to purchase goods and services;

An urgent or peremptory request;

A condition requiring relief;

The act of demanding;

Required activity;

Request urgently and forcefully;

Require as useful, just, or proper;

Claim as due or just;

Lay legal claim to

Summon to court

Ask to be informed of;