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Needier vs Needler - What's the difference?

needier | needler |

As an adjective needier

is comparative of needy.

As a noun needler is

agent noun of needle; one who needles; an annoyer.

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

    needler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of needle; one who needles; an annoyer.
  • One who makes or uses needles.
  • A dealer in needles.
    • (Piers Plowman)
  • (chiefly, science fiction) A needlegun.
    • English agent nouns