desire vs whim
whim vs desiredesire and whim both are nouns.
desire is a verb but whim is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| desire | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| whim | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
whim is a hyponym of
desire; that is, whim is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
desire:
- desire: the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- whim: a sudden desire
Other hyponyms of desire include
ambition, aspiration, dream, bloodlust, temptation, craving, want, wish, wishing, hungriness, longing, yearning, concupiscence, eros, physical attraction, sexual desire, itch, urge, caprice, impulse.
| desire (noun) | whim (noun) |
|---|---|
| an inclination to want things | an odd or fanciful or capricious idea |
| the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | a sudden desire |
| something that is desired |
| desire (verb) | whim (verb) |
|---|---|
| feel or have a desire for; want strongly | |
| express a desire for | |
| expect and wish |
Words related to "desire"
- ambition
- arousal
- ask for
- aspiration
- begrudge
- bespeak
- bloodlust
- call for
- caprice
- care
- concupiscence
- crave
- craving
- desirous
- dream
- envy
- eros
- fancy
- feel like
- feeling
- go for
- greed
- hanker
- hope
- hunger
- hungriness
- impulse
- inclination
- itch
- lech after
- like
- long
- longing
- lust
- lust after
- materialism
- miss
- passion
- philistinism
- physical attraction
- quest
- rage
- request
- seek
- sex
- sex activity
- sexual activity
- sexual desire
- sexual practice
- spoil
- starve
- take to
- temptation
- tendency
- thirst
- thirstiness
- trust
- urge
- want
- whim
- wish
- wish well
- wishing
- yearn
- yearning
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