Fire needs fuel.

Meaning: This means that the fire requires fuel in order to continue burning and producing heat and light.

Choice of Words: Fire is a natural phenomenon that produces heat and light. Needs means to require or have a necessity for something. Fuel is a material that is burned to produce heat or power.

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Fire requires fuel.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, that fire cannot burn without something to burn, like wood or paper.

Choice of Words: Requires means that something is essential for something else to happen. Fuel is anything that can be burned, like wood or paper. When you put them together, "Fire requires fuel" means that fire cannot exist without something to burn.

Fuel is essential for fire.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, that fire cannot burn without something to burn, like wood or paper.

Choice of Words: Essential means that something is absolutely necessary for something else to happen. Fuel is anything that can be burned, like wood or paper. When you put them together, "Fuel is essential for fire" means that fire cannot exist without something to burn.

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