need vs urge

need and urge both are nouns.

need and urge both are verbs.

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

As nouns, urge is a hyponym of need; that is, urge 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
urge: an instinctive motive

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

need (noun)	urge (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	a strong restless desire
anything that is necessary but lacking	an instinctive motive
a condition requiring relief
a state of extreme poverty or destitution

need (verb)	urge (verb)
have need of	force or impel in an indicated direction
have or feel a need for	spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
require as useful, just, or proper	push for something

Difference between need and urge

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