Covet vs. Want — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Covet and Want
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Covet
Yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another)
I covet one of their smart bags
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.
Covet
To feel strong or immoderate desire for (that which is another's).
Want
Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for
We want to go to the beach
She wanted me to leave
I'll give you a lift into town if you want
I want an apple
Covet
To wish for (something) longingly.
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Want
Should or need to do something
You don't want to believe everything you hear
Covet
To covet that which is another's.
Want
Lack something desirable or essential
You shall want for nothing while you are with me
Covet
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
Want
A lack or deficiency of something
For want of a better location we ate our picnic in the cemetery
Victorian houses which are in want of repair
Covet
(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Want
A desire for something
The expression of our wants and desires
Covet
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
Want
To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly
She wants a glass of water. They want to leave.
Covet
To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; - used in a good sense.
Covet earnestly the best gifts.
If it be a sin to covet honor,I am the most offending soul alive.
Want
To desire (someone to do something)
I want you to clean your room.
Covet
To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
Want
To request the presence or assistance of
You are wanted by your office.
Covet
To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith.
Want
To seek with intent to capture
The fugitive is wanted by the police.
Covet
Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person);
She covets her sister's house
Want
To have an inclination toward; like
Say what you want, but be tactful.
Want
(Informal) To be obliged (to do something)
You want to be careful on the ice.
Want
To be in need of; require
"'Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter" (Lewis Carroll).
Want
To be without; lack.
Want
To be inclined or desirous; wish
Call me daily if you want.
Want
The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary
Stayed home for want of anything better to do.
Want
Pressing need; destitution
Lives in want.
Want
Something desired
A person of few wants and needs.
Want
A defect of character; a fault.
Want
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
What do you want to eat?
I want you to leave.
Never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
Want
(by extension) To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
The game developers of Candy Crush want you to waste large, copious amounts of your money on in-game purchases to buy boosters and lives.
Depression wants you to feel like the world is dark and that you are not worthy of happiness. The first step to making your life better from this day forward is to stop believing these lies.
Want
To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
Ma’am, you are exactly the professional we want for this job.
Danish police want him for embezzlement.
Want
(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
You can leave if you want.
Want
To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
That chair wants fixing.
Want
To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
Want
To be lacking or deficient or absent.
There was something wanting in the play.
Want
To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
The paupers desperately want.
Want
To lack and be without, to not have (something).
She wanted anything she needed.
Want
To lack and (be able to) do without.
Want
(countable) A desire, wish, longing.
Want
Lack, absence, deficiency.
A want of sense.
Want
(uncountable) Poverty.
Want
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
Want
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Want
(dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).
Want
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.
And me, his parent, would full soon devourFor want of other prey.
From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy.
Want
Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want.
Want
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.
Habitual superfluities become actual wants.
Want
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Want
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.
They that want honesty, want anything.
Nor think, though men were none,That heaven would want spectators, God want praise.
The unhappy never want enemies.
Want
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.
Want
To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
I want to speak to you about something.
Want
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.
The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life.
Want
To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
You have a gift, sir (thank your education),Will never let you want.
For as in bodies, thus in souls, we findWhat wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind.
Want
A state of extreme poverty
Want
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;
There is a serious lack of insight into the problem
Water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
For want of a nail the shoe was lost
Want
Anything that is necessary but lacking;
He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs
I tried to supply his wants
Want
A specific feeling of desire;
He got his wish
He was above all wishing and desire
Want
Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;
I want to go home now
I want my own room
Want
Have need of;
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
Want
Wish or demand the presence of;
I want you here at noon!
Want
Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason;
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI
Uncle Sam wants you
Want
Be without, lack; be deficient in;
Want courtesy
Want the strength to go on living
Flood victims wanting food and shelter
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