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Wanting vs Pretending - What's the difference?

wanting | pretending |

As verbs the difference between wanting and pretending

is that wanting is while pretending is .

As nouns the difference between wanting and pretending

is that wanting is the state of wanting something; desire while pretending is the act of imagining; make-believe.

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.

    • pretending

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of imagining; make-believe

    • Verb

    (head)