Want vs. Will

Wantverb

(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

Wantverb

To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

Wantverb

(transitive) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).

Wantverb

(transitive) To lack and be without, to not have (something).

Wantverb

To lack and (be able to) do without.

Wantverb

(transitive) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.

Wantverb

(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

Wantverb

To be lacking or deficient or absent.

Wantverb

To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Wantverb

To be advised to do something should, ought}}.

Wantnoun

(countable) A desire, wish, longing.

Wantnoun

}} Lack, absence.

Wantnoun

(uncountable) Poverty.

Wantnoun

Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.

Wantnoun

A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

Wantnoun

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.

Wantnoun

Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

Wantnoun

That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.

Wantnoun

A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

Wantverb

To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.

Wantverb

To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.

Wantverb

To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.

Wantverb

To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; - often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.

Wantverb

To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Wantnoun

a state of extreme poverty

Wantnoun

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

Wantnoun

anything that is necessary but lacking;

Wantnoun

a specific feeling of desire;

Wantverb

feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

Wantverb

have need of;

Wantverb

wish or demand the presence of;

Wantverb

hunt or look for; want for a particular reason;

Wantverb

be without, lack; be deficient in;

Wantverb

have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for

Wantverb

wish to speak to (someone)

Wantverb

(of a suspected criminal) be sought by the police for questioning

Wantverb

desire (someone) sexually

Wantverb

desire to be in or out of a particular place or situation

Wantverb

should or need to do something

Wantverb

(of a thing) require to be attended to in a specified way

Wantverb

lack something desirable or essential

Wantverb

(chiefly used in expressions of time) lack or be short of (a specified amount or thing)

Wantnoun

a lack or deficiency of something

Wantnoun

the state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty

Wantnoun

a desire for something

Want

The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the disciplines of psychology or sociology.

Willverb

To wish, desire (something).

Willverb

To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

Willverb

(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

Willverb

(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).

Willverb

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

Willverb

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Willverb

(archaic) To wish, desire.

Willverb

To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

Willverb

(transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

Willverb

(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

Willnoun

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

Willnoun

One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

Willnoun

The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Willnoun

A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

Willnoun

(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.

Willnoun

(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

Willnoun

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.

Willnoun

The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Willnoun

The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Willnoun

Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

Willnoun

That which is strongly wished or desired.

Willnoun

Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

Willnoun

The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.

Willverb

To wish; to desire; to incline to have.

Willverb

As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.

Willverb

To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.

Willverb

To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

Willverb

To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.

Willverb

To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.

Willverb

To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.

Willnoun

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention;

Willnoun

a fixed and persistent intent or purpose;

Willnoun

a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

Willverb

decree or ordain;

Willverb

have in mind;

Willverb

determine by choice;

Willverb

leave or give by will after one's death;