desire vs seek

desire and seek both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desire	Yes	No	Yes	No
seek	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, seek is a hyponym of desire; that is, seek is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than desire:

desire (noun)	seek (noun)
an inclination to want things	the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
something that is desired

desire (verb)	seek (verb)
feel or have a desire for; want strongly	inquire for
express a desire for	try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
expect and wish	go to or towards
	try to get or reach
	make an effort or attempt