Liking and Want

Liking

Liking noun - Positive regard for something.

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Want and liking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead the word "Liking" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: like, likable, liked

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Liking and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Liking" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

special	special liking	special want
powerful	powerful liking	powerful want
real	real liking	real want
big	big liking	big want
Other adjectives: earnest, extreme, great, little, personal, secret, mysterious, odd, several.

In 2006, Roger even said to Q Magazine that if he and Pete ever started liking each other, it would be a disaster because "he'd want to fuck me and I'd want to fuck him and it would be boring."

Source: Ho Yay / Music
He tends to like remixing parts of his earlier works, not out of laziness but of liking the work enough to want to do more with it, yet never being satisfied.

Source: Author Appeal / Surname A To H
But when he shows signs of liking Manny more, Emma stops being interested in him because she doesn't want to compete with her friend.

Source: Cupid Hates Odd Couples

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