You need water when you're thirsty. You may want" fancy water, but all you really "need" is water.
Get the difference? Let's see.
Select the correct word in each phrase:
1. You have one pair of jeans and you just destroyed them.
I want / need a new pair of jeans.
I want / need a fancy pair of designer jeans.
2. Your computer just self-destructed.
I want / need a brand new computer.
I want / need a computer, and maybe a used one is better.
3. You have a new job and you need to get to work and back each day.
I want / need a sports car.
I want / need a car of some type to get to work.
I want/need to get to work, and though a car would be nice, my
budget may tell me I need to take the bus.
4. You love eating out.
want / need to eat out a lot.
But I don't want / need to eat out a lot. I could eat out less, you
know, and save some bucks.

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.