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Beggary vs Needy - What's the difference?

beggary | needy |

As adjectives the difference between beggary and needy

is that beggary is (obsolete) beggarly while needy is in need, poor.

As a noun beggary

is the state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.

beggary

English

Noun

(beggaries)
  • The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
  • *
  • The fact or action of begging.
  • Beggarly appearance.
  • * Thackeray
    • The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) beggarly
    • (Ben Jonson)

    needy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In need, poor.
    • Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
  • * 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
    • Such monitoring has often been a sticking point in the past, amid fears that food aid might be diverted to the Northern elite - or its military - rather than the needy.
  • Desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence
    • "It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy ."

    Antonyms

    * ("desiring constant affirmation): confident

    Synonyms

    * ("in need"): See also

    Derived terms

    * neediness