different between takes vs needs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?ks/
• Rhymes: -e?ks

Verb

takes

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

Noun

takes

1. plural of take

Anagrams

• Keast, Keats, Skate, Stake, kates, ketas, skate, stake, steak, teaks

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