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Weedier vs Needier - What's the difference?

weedier | needier |

As adjectives the difference between weedier and needier

is that weedier is comparative of weedy while needier is comparative of needy.

weedier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (weedy)

    • weedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly
  • Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Weedy trophies.
  • Abounding with weeds.
    • weedy''' grounds; a '''weedy''' garden; '''weedy corn
  • * Bryant
    • See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.
  • (botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.

    • Anagrams

    *

    needier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (needy)

    • 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