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Clingy vs Needy - What's the difference?

clingy | needy |

As adjectives the difference between clingy and needy

is that clingy is having a tendency to cling while needy is in need, poor.

clingy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a tendency to cling.
    • a clingy minidress
  • (informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
    • a clingy ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling

    Synonyms

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    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