want vs hope

want and hope both are nouns.

want and hope both are verbs.

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

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

want: feel or have a desire for; want strongly
hope: be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

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

want (noun)	hope (noun)
a specific feeling of desire	one of the three Christian virtues
anything that is necessary but lacking	grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
a state of extreme poverty	the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable	a specific instance of feeling hopeful
	someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

want (verb)	hope (verb)
wish or demand the presence of	intend with some possibility of fulfilment
have need of	be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason	expect and wish
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
be without, lack; be deficient in

Difference between want and hope

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