Crave vs. Need
Craveverb
(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
Craveverb
(transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
Craveverb
To call for; to require as a course of action.
Cravenoun
A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
Craveverb
To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
Craveverb
To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
Craveverb
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
Craveverb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Craveverb
plead or ask for earnestly
Neednoun
A requirement for something; something needed.
Neednoun
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Needverb
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
Needverb
(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
Needverb
(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
Needverb
(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
Needverb
To be necessary (to someone).
Neednoun
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
Neednoun
Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Neednoun
That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
Neednoun
Situation of need; peril; danger.
Needverb
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
Needverb
To be wanted; to be necessary.
Needadverb
Of necessity. See Needs.
Neednoun
a condition requiring relief;
Neednoun
anything that is necessary but lacking;
Neednoun
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;
Neednoun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution;
Needverb
require as useful, just, or proper;
Needverb
have need of;
Needverb
have or feel a need for;
Need
A need is something that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants.
