source: Shinobu Oshino // Monogatari Series | Anime Amino

DESIRE, WISH, WANT, CRAVE, COVET mean to have a longing for.

DESIRE stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim.

e.g. desires to start a new life

WISH sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable.

e.g. wishes for permanent world peace

WANT specifically suggests a felt need or lack.

e.g. wants to have a family

CRAVE stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need.

e.g. craves sweets

COVET implies strong envious desire.

e.g. covets his rise to fame

verb with object

feel a powerful desire for (something):

〈食べ物･成功など〉を切望する, …が欲しくてたまらない; 〖～ to do〗 しきりに…したがる

e.g. a program to give the infants the human touch they crave.

archaic beg for (something):

｟かたく･古｠ 〈物など〉を懇願する.

e.g. I must crave your indulgence.

craver noun

Old English crafian (in the sense ‘demand, claim as a right’), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish kräva, Danish kræve ‘demand’. The current sense dates from late Middle English.