Crave and Need

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Crave

Crave verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Need is a synonym for crave in long for topic. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a verb "Crave", when it comes to topics like necessity, desire intensely.

Need

Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Crave is a synonym for need in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Crave" instead a verb "Need", if it concerns topics such as desire, want something.

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

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attention	crave attention	need attention
power	crave power	need power
place	crave place	need place
bit	crave bit	need bit
Other words: food, blood, drink, items, powers.

Both words in one sentence

Horror Hunger: Thestrals are obligate omnivores, because they have a mix of various bats; they need meat and blood, and crave it.

Source: Fanfic / The Rise of Darth Vulcan
While the Carlyles have a very competent and developed military, it's their bio enhancing expertise that keeps them from being destroyed by the other families, as the other families all desperately crave the life sustaining secrets of the Carlyles and need the crops the Carlyles can grow.

Source: Bio-Augmentation
But really, your body doesn't need any help to crave sugar, which is a quickly and easily-metabolized source of energy; carbohydrates are, in turn, made up of simple sugars which get broken down in your system.

Source: May Contain Evil

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