Needy vs Sentimental - What's the difference?
needy | sentimental |
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
characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment
romantic
As adjectives the difference between needy and sentimental
is that needy is in need, poor while sentimental is characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.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 ."