What's the difference between go and want?

Go


Definition:

  • (p. p.) Gone.
  • (v. i.) To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
  • (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.
  • (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.
  • (v. i.) To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
  • (v. i.) To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.
  • (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
  • (v. i.) To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
  • (v. i.) To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
  • (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
  • (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
  • (v. i.) To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.
  • (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
  • (v. t.) To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
  • (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.
  • (n.) Act; working; operation.
  • (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • (n.) The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.
  • (n.) Noisy merriment; as, a high go.
  • (n.) A glass of spirits.
  • (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.
  • (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
  • (2) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
  • (3) They are going to all destinations.” Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in the city.
  • (4) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (5) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
  • (6) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
  • (7) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (8) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
  • (9) The latest story will show Bridget more "grown up" but she is "never going to change really".
  • (10) Four delayed going to a medical facility and six did not have hypotension corrected.
  • (11) I think part of it is you can either go places where that's bound to happen.
  • (12) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
  • (13) I think he had been saying all season that with three or four games to go he will tell us where we are.
  • (14) The so-called literati aren't insular – this from a woman who ran the security service – but we aren't going to apologise for what we believe in either.
  • (15) It became just like a soap opera: "When Brookside started it was about Scousers living next to each other and in five years' time there were bombs going off and three people buried under the patio."
  • (16) I fear that I will have to go through another witch-hunt in order to apply for this benefit."
  • (17) The nature of the putative autoantigen in Graves' ophthalmopathy (Go) remains an enigma but the sequence similarity between thyroglobulin (Tg) and acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) provides a rationale for epitopes which are common to the thyroid gland and the eye orbit.
  • (18) It did the job of triggering growth, but it also fueled real-estate speculation, similar to what was going on in the mid-2000s here.” Slowing economic growth may be another concern.
  • (19) Swedes tend to see generous shared parental leave as good for the economy, since it prevents the nation's investment in women's education and expertise from going to waste.
  • (20) More evil than Clocky , the alarm clock that rolls away when you reach out to silence it, or the Puzzle Alarm , which makes you complete a simple puzzle before it'll go quiet, the Money Shredding Alarm Clock methodically destroys your cash unless you rouse yourself.

Want


Definition:

  • (v. i.) The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
  • (v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
  • (v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
  • (v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
  • (v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
  • (v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
  • (v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
  • (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
  • (v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Zayani reportedly cited the political sensitivity of naturalising Sunni expatriates and wanted to avoid provoking the opposition," the embassy said.
  • (2) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
  • (3) I want to be clear; the American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission,” said Obama in a speech to troops at US Central Command headquarters in Florida.
  • (4) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
  • (5) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
  • (6) Joe, meanwhile, defends her right to say "negro" whenever she wants.
  • (7) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
  • (8) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
  • (9) Ryzhkov added: "I believe they want to keep him in prison for another three or four years at least, so he is not released until well after the next presidential elections in 2012."
  • (10) "They wanted to pass it almost like a secret negotiation," she said.
  • (11) We’ve spoken to them on the phone and they’ve all said they just want to come home.” A total of 93 pupils from Saint-Joseph were on the trip.
  • (12) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (13) We know that several hundred thousand investors are likely to want to access their pension pots in the first weeks and months after the start of the new tax year.
  • (14) Does anybody honestly believe the vast majority of migrants don’t want that too?
  • (15) Cameron had a legitimate argument, but the marines didn't want to hear it.
  • (16) The choice is partly technical – what kind of trading arrangement do we want with the EU?
  • (17) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
  • (18) Antoine Comte, a lawyer for the Schloss heirs, said all the family wanted was the return of the painting.
  • (19) "I don't want to go to Zurich, to some anonymous facility; I would want to do it in my own bed.
  • (20) "Law is all I've ever wanted to do, but it's so competitive.

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