want vs stringency

want and stringency both are nouns.

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

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

want: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
stringency: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

Other hyponyms of want include absence, dearth, famine, shortage, deficit, mineral deficiency, shortness, tightness.

want (noun)	stringency (noun)
a specific feeling of desire	conscientious attention to rules and details
anything that is necessary but lacking	a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
a state of extreme poverty
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

want (verb)	stringency (verb)
wish or demand the presence of
have need of
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
be without, lack; be deficient in