• However, require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation.
• While Soren claims to have learned a lot from little bits of advice I have given him in the past few years, at times I learn a lot more from him.
• The words exact and claim are synonyms, but do differ in nuance.
• In some situations, the words require and claim are roughly equivalent.
• Claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one’s own or one’s right.

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Demand, claim, require, exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary. In some situations, the words require and claim are roughly equivalent. However, require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation. Claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one’s own or one’s right.

• While all these words mean “to ask or call for something as due or as necessary,” claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one’s own or one’s right.
• Demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands.
• Specifically, exact implies not only demanding but getting what one demands.

Synonyms of claim

While Soren claims to have learned a lot from little bits of advice I have given him in the past few years, at times I learn a lot more from him. Demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands.