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Hello,
Is there any difference between these two phrases?
1. Time demands
2. Demands of the time
Thank you in advance
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Yes. Despite some similar words, they are semantically and stylistically different phrases:
The filing deadline is almost here, TIME DEMANDS that we hurry.
There is a war going on and THE DEMANDS OF THE TIME require us to be frugal with all our resources.
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"Time demands", reffers to that you are short on time, with little time left to do something.
Such as " We have little time left! This time demands that we need to get done soon."
While "Demands of the time", reffers to an 'age', or period of time, in which things are different than they used to be, so certain demands are placed.
Such as "This draught is ruining our water supplies. The damands of this time require us to conserve as much water as we can."
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