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Needier vs Needer - What's the difference?

needier | needer |

As an adjective needier

is (needy).

As a noun needer is

a person who requires or needs something.

As an adverb needer is

.

needier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (needy)

    • 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

    needer

    English

    Etymology 1

    * from the verb

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who requires or needs something.
  • * 1975 . Sport diver manual , by Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
    • The needer' is physically and mentally handicapped because of his immediate need for air... The donor takes a big breath and gives his mouthpiece to the ' needer .
  • * 2006 . Emergent information technologies and enabling policies for counter terrorism , by Robert L. Popp, John Yen. P.241
    • The difference between requestor and needer has been incorporated in current business practices.

    Etymology 2

    * Corruption of (neither)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1856, author=John Turvill Adams, title=The Lost Hunter, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But," added he, observing the other's embarrassment, "dat is needer here nor dere. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1936-1938, author=Work Projects Administration, title=Slave Narratives= A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Didn't put them in two boxes lak dey does now, and dey warn't painted needer . }}