I'd say "An A in English is required for this course".Are they the same?
E.g.
Getting an A in English is a requisite/prerequisite for entering the course?
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Nearly* - in most contexts. But to my ear a prerequsite is something aimed for before getting something, whereas a requisite is something that had to be done. For example, nobody aims to get a Lifetime Award at the BAFTAs [at the beginning of their career]. So I would expect to see/hear/say 'A long career of workmanlike performances was a requisite for his Lifetime Award'. On the other hand prerequisite nearly always applies to academic grades.
But often they are interchangeable. I imagine the shorter one (without 'pre') came first, and it probably took a generation or two before language mavens stopped saying 'Don't you mean just requisite?' when they met the longer version. (A similar thing is happening with 'active' and 'proactive' at the moment.)
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PS *Addressed to Tedwonny
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Active is used in the general sense while proactive means that one TAKES THE INITIATIVE to do something, right?
Therefore one can be proactive [and active] but one who's active may not be proactive because they're only active when being invited, for example. ?
"Proactive" is the opposite of being "reactive." In business, for example, where you will likely find 99% of the use of "proactive," a company that just responds to the crisis of the day is being "reactive." Customers call, complaints are made, problems are noted. The only action is in response to these complaints or problems.
A "proactive" company tries to anticipate what the problems are going to be and finds solutions before they have crises.