Question: are desire and wish the same?
Answer: The word 'wish' is used sometimes to suggest a demand or a want as in the sentence 'I wish to go there'. ... One of the main differences between the words 'wish' and 'desire' is that the quality of 'craving' is not found in 'wish' whereas the word 'desire' is always accompanied by the quality of 'craving' in its sense.