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Lacking vs Needing - What's the difference?

lacking | needing |

As verbs the difference between lacking and needing

is that lacking is while needing is .

As nouns the difference between lacking and needing

is that lacking is the absence of something; a lack while needing is a need.

lacking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The absence of something; a lack.
  • * Sax Rohmer, The Romance of Sorcery
    • Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings , did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

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    needing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A need.
  • * Daniel Turner, The ancient physician's legacy impartially survey'd

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