Needy vs Needing - What's the difference?
needy | needing |
In need, poor.
* 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
Desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence
As an adjective needy
is in need, poor.As a verb needing is
.As a noun needing is
a need.needy
English
Adjective
(er)- Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
- 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.
- "It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy ."