Difference between Wanted and Loved

What is the difference between Wanted and Loved?

Wanted as a verb is to wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. while Loved as a verb is (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) to have a strong affection for (someone or something).

Wanted

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: wished for; desired; sought subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

Example sentence: I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

Loved

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to something that is loved.

Example sentence: If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

We hope you now know whether to use Wanted or Loved in your sentence.

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