want vs care

want and care both are nouns.

want and care both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
want	Yes	No	Yes	No
care	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, care is a hyponym of want; that is, care is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than want:

want: feel or have a desire for; want strongly
care: to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something

Other hyponyms of want include crave, hunger, lust, starve, thirst, fancy, go for, take to, miss, hope, wish, wish well, like, wish, itch, spoil, like, ambition, feel like, begrudge, envy, lech after, lust after, hanker, long, yearn, seek.

want (noun)	care (noun)
a specific feeling of desire	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
anything that is necessary but lacking	the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
a state of extreme poverty	attention and management implying responsibility for safety
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable	judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
	a cause for feeling concern
	an anxious feeling

want (verb)	care (verb)
wish or demand the presence of	to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
have need of	feel concern or interest
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason	be concerned with
feel or have a desire for; want strongly	be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
be without, lack; be deficient in	provide care for

Difference between want and care

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