different between needs vs needer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ni?dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nidz/
• Rhymes: -i?dz

Etymology 1

From Middle English nedes (“of necessity, necessarily; inevitably, unavoidably”) [and other forms], from Old English n?des, n?edes (“of necessity; not willingly”), originally the genitive form of n?ed (“necessity, need; distress”), from n?ed + -es (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). N?ed is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *naut- (“misfortune, torment”), from *n?w- (“corpse; the dead”).

The English word is equivalent to need +? -'s (possessive marker) and hence to need +? -s (suffix forming adverbs).

Adverb

needs (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.

Alternative forms

• needes (obsolete)

Derived terms

• must needs, needs must
• needs-cost
• needs must when the devil drives

Translations

Etymology 2

From need +? -s.

Noun

needs

1. plural of need

Etymology 3

From need +? -s.

Verb

needs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of need

Usage notes

• When need is used as a modal verb, no -s is added in the third-person singular, just as no -s is added to the other modal verbs, for example “she need not [instead of needs not] go to school today”.

References

Anagrams

• Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, dense, edens, sende, sneed

English

Etymology 1

From the verb need +? -er.

Noun

needer (plural needers)

1. A person who requires or needs something.
   • 1975. Sport diver manual, by Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.

     The needer is physically and mentally handicapped because of his immediate need for air... The donor takes a big breath and gives his mouthpiece to the needer.

   • 2006. Emergent information technologies and enabling policies for counter terrorism, by Robert L. Popp, John Yen. P.241

     The difference between requestor and needer has been incorporated in current business practices.

Etymology 2

Corruption of neither.

Adverb

needer (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of neither.

Anagrams

• deener, endree, reeden