Weedier vs Needier - What's the difference?
weedier | needier |
(weedy)
Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly
Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
* Shakespeare
Abounding with weeds.
* Bryant
(botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
(needy)
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 adjectives the difference between weedier and needier
is that weedier is comparative of weedy while needier is comparative of needy.weedier
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Adjective
(head)weedy
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Adjective
(er)- Weedy trophies.
- weedy''' grounds; a '''weedy''' garden; '''weedy corn
- See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.
Anagrams
*needier
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Adjective
(head)needy
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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 ."