Care and Want

Care

Care verb - Prefer or wish to do something.

Usage example: Do you care to try this dish?

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Want and care are semantically related. in regard highly topic. In some cases you can use "Want" instead the word "Care" as a verb or a noun.

Want verb - To wish to have.

Usage example: I want some ice cream for dessert, please

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Care and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Care" instead the word "Want" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

good	good care	good want
special	special care	special want
best	best care	best want
complete	complete care	complete want
Other adjectives: total, real, constant, extreme, great, little, bad, decent, personal, advanced, possible.

power	care power	want power
life	care life	want life
people	care people	want people
part	care part	want part
Other words: job, relationship, time, way, world, money, nothing, kids.

Berserk Button: Agent Noh and Olivia Benford do NOT care or want to hear what your flashforward was about, because neither of them want theirs to happen.

Source: Series / FlashForward (2009)
Fortunately for them this totally worked, though more so due to the lower cost making 3DS games available to people who didn't want or care about the titular aspect.

Source: Never Needs Sharpening
City of Weirdos: The folks in Jilva honestly dont care or want to know what the crew can do with Drives.

Source: Roleplay / Faith Testers

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