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want vs fancy

fancy vs want

want and fancy both are nouns.

want is not an adjective while fancy is an adjective.

want and fancy both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
want Yes No Yes No
fancy Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, fancy is a hyponym of want; that is, fancy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than want:
  • want: feel or have a desire for; want strongly
  • fancy: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
Other hyponyms of want include crave, hunger, lust, starve, thirst, go for, take to, miss, hope, wish, wish well, care, like, wish, itch, spoil, like, ambition, feel like, begrudge, envy, lech after, lust after, hanker, long, yearn, seek.
want (noun) fancy (noun)
a specific feeling of desire imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
anything that is necessary but lacking something many people believe that is false
a state of extreme poverty a predisposition to like something
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
want (adjective) fancy (adjective)
not plain; decorative or ornamented
want (verb) fancy (verb)
wish or demand the presence of imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
have need of have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
be without, lack; be deficient in
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