need vs life

need and life both are nouns.

need is a verb but life is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
need	Yes	No	Yes	No
life	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, life is a hyponym of need; that is, life is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than need:

need: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
life: a motive for living

Other hyponyms of need include rational motive, irrational motive, impulse, urge, ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals, mental energy, psychic energy.

need (noun)	life (noun)
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior	living things collectively
anything that is necessary but lacking	animation and energy in action or expression
a condition requiring relief	the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
a state of extreme poverty or destitution	an account of the series of events making up a person's life
	a motive for living
	a living person
	the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
	the condition of living or the state of being alive
	a characteristic state or mode of living
	the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
	the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
	the period between birth and the present time
	the period from the present until death
	a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

need (verb)	life (verb)
have need of
have or feel a need for
require as useful, just, or proper

Difference between need and life

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