Lack vs. Need
Lacknoun
(obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
Lacknoun
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
Lackverb
(transitive) To be without, to need, to require.
Lackverb
(intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
Lackverb
To be in want.
Lackverb
(obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
Lacknoun
Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Lacknoun
Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
Lackverb
To blame; to find fault with.
Lackverb
To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
Lackverb
To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
Lackverb
To be in want.
Lackinterjection
Exclamation of regret or surprise.
Lacknoun
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;
Lackverb
be without;
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.
