envy vs want
want vs envyenvy and want both are nouns.
envy and want both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| envy | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| want | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
want is a hypernym of
envy; that is, want is a
word with a broader meaning than envy:
- envy: be envious of; set one's heart on
- want: feel or have a desire for; want strongly
Other hypernyms of envy include
desire.
| envy (noun) | want (noun) |
|---|---|
| spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) | a specific feeling of desire |
| a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another | anything that is necessary but lacking |
| a state of extreme poverty | |
| the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
| envy (verb) | want (verb) |
|---|---|
| be envious of; set one's heart on | wish or demand the presence of |
| feel envious towards; admire enviously | have need of |
| hunt or look for; want for a particular reason | |
| feel or have a desire for; want strongly | |
| be without, lack; be deficient in |
Words related to "envy"
Words related to "want"
- absence
- ambition
- be
- begrudge
- care
- crave
- cry
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficit
- demand
- deprivation
- desire
- envy
- essential
- famine
- fancy
- feel like
- go for
- hanker
- hope
- hunger
- impoverishment
- itch
- lack
- lech after
- like
- long
- look for
- lust
- lust after
- mineral deficiency
- miss
- necessary
- necessity
- need
- neediness
- poorness
- poverty
- privation
- require
- requirement
- requisite
- search
- seek
- shortage
- shortness
- spoil
- starve
- stringency
- take to
- thirst
- tightness
- velleity
- want
- wanter
- wish
- wish well
- wishing
- yearn
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