Desire vs. Demand — What's the Difference?

Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires.

In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time. The relationship between price and quantity demanded is also called the demand curve.

To wish or long for; want

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right

To want to have sex with (another person).

Ask authoritatively or brusquely

To express a wish for; request.

To ask for urgently or peremptorily

The feeling of wanting to have something or wishing that something will happen.

To claim as just or due

An instance of this feeling

To ask to be informed of

Sexual appetite; passion.

To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for

An object of such feeling or passion

To lay legal claim to; claim formally.

(Archaic) A request or petition.

To ask that (something) be done in accordance with a legal requirement.

To want; to wish for earnestly.

To make a demand.

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

An act of demanding; an urgent request.

To want emotionally or sexually.

Something demanded

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

An urgent requirement or need

To require; to demand; to claim.

The state of being sought after

To miss; to regret.

(Economics) The desire for goods or services in an economy, measured as the amount people are ready to buy at a given price

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

A formal claim.

(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

A request that some act be done or payment made in accordance with a legal requirement.

(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

(Archaic) An emphatic question or inquiry.

(uncountable) Motivation. en

The desire to purchase goods and services.

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

A forceful claim for something.

To require; to demand; to claim.

A requirement.

To miss; to regret.

An urgent request.

The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.

An order.

An expressed wish; a request; petition.

(electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

To request forcefully.

Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

To claim a right to something.

Grief; regret.

To ask forcefully for information.

The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

To require of someone.

An inclination to want things;

(legal) To issue a summons to court.

Something that is desired

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

Expect and wish;

To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.

Express a desire for

To call into court; to summon.

To make a demand; to inquire.

The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.

Earnest inquiry; question; query.

A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.

That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.

The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.

The ability and desire to purchase goods and services;

An urgent or peremptory request;

A condition requiring relief;

The act of demanding;

Required activity;

Request urgently and forcefully;

Require as useful, just, or proper;

Claim as due or just;

Lay legal claim to

Summon to court

Ask to be informed of;