Compulsory vs. Optional — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Compulsory and Optional
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Compulsory
Required by law or a rule; obligatory
Compulsory military service
It was compulsory to attend mass
Optional
Left to choice; not compulsory or automatic.
Compulsory
Obligatory; required
A compulsory examination.
Optional
Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
On that beach clothing is entirely optional.
Compulsory
Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive.
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Optional
Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
Compulsory
An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition.
Optional
In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
Compulsory
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.
Optional
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; allowed but not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional.
Original writs are either optional or peremptory.
Compulsory
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Such compulsory measures are limited.
Optional
Possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
Compulsory
Something that is compulsory or required.
Compulsory
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Compulsory
Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory.
Compulsory
Required by rule;
In most schools physical education are compulsory
Attendance is mandatory
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