want vs would like. What's the difference between these two sentences?
Describe something you would like to learn.
Describe something you want to learn.Some native speaker says that "would like" can be used for fantasy, while "want" can't. For example, "I'd like to travel to the edge of the universe." is grammatically correct, while no one says "I want to travel to the edge of the universe."

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want vs would like. What's the difference between these two sentences?
Describe something you would like to learn.
Describe something you want to learn.Some native speaker says that "would like" can be used for fantasy, while "want" can't. For example, "I'd like to travel to the edge of the universe." is grammatically correct, while no one says "I want to travel to the edge of the universe."

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"Want" is more direct, and less polite.
"Would like" is less direct, and more polite.

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