People seem to consider 'need' and 'want' to be varying extents of the same phenomenon. If you really, really 'want' something, you are said to 'need' it. I'm not sure that's the relation though. The relationship is that of a journey (need/needs) and a destination (want/wants). You need something because you want something else. For instance, you need to breathe because you want to live. Without the desire to live, the need to breathe wouldn't arise. Thus, needs arise because of wants and wants must give rise to needs.
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