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Wanting vs Having - What's the difference?

wanting | having |

As verbs the difference between wanting and having

is that wanting is while having is .

As nouns the difference between wanting and having

is that wanting is the state of wanting something; desire while having is something owned; possession; goods; estate.

As an adjective wanting

is absent or lacking.

As a preposition wanting

is without.

wanting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Absent or lacking.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,
    • but where other powers of entertainment are wanting , the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

    Derived terms

    * wantingly

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • without

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of wanting something; desire.

    • having

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll lend you something; my having is not much.
  • * 1875 , Tennyson, Queen Mary
    • Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade,
    Your rights and charters hobnail' d into slush

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