Want vs. Willing — What's the Difference?

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.

Disposed or inclined; prepared

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

Acting or ready to act gladly; eagerly compliant

Should or need to do something

Done, given, or accepted voluntarily or ungrudgingly.

Lack something desirable or essential

Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.

A lack or deficiency of something

The execution of a will.

A desire for something

Present participle of will

To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly

Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.

To desire (someone to do something)

Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.

To request the presence or assistance of

Spontaneous; self-moved.

To seek with intent to capture

The act of making a choice;

To have an inclination toward; like

Disposed or inclined toward;

(Informal) To be obliged (to do something)

Not brought about by coercion or force;

To be in need of; require

Disposed or willing to comply;

To be without; lack.

To be inclined or desirous; wish

The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary

Pressing need; destitution

Something desired

A defect of character; a fault.

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

(by extension) To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.

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

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

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

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

To be lacking or deficient or absent.

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

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

To lack and (be able to) do without.

(countable) A desire, wish, longing.

Lack, absence, deficiency.

(uncountable) Poverty.

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

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

(dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

A state of extreme poverty

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

Anything that is necessary but lacking;

A specific feeling of desire;

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

Have need of;

Wish or demand the presence of;

Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason;

Be without, lack; be deficient in;