hunger vs want
want vs hungerhunger and want both are nouns.
hunger and want both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hunger | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| want | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
want is a hypernym of
hunger; that is, want is a
word with a broader meaning than hunger:
- hunger: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- want: feel or have a desire for; want strongly
Other hypernyms of hunger include
desire.
| hunger (noun) | want (noun) |
|---|---|
| strong desire for something (not food or drink) | a specific feeling of desire |
| a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | anything that is necessary but lacking |
| a state of extreme poverty | |
| the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
| hunger (verb) | want (verb) |
|---|---|
| be hungry; go without food | wish or demand the presence of |
| have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | have need of |
| feel the need to eat | 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 "hunger"
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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