〜がほしがっています vs 〜をほしがっています


I was wondering if the following two sentences have the same meaning. I'm
seeing both `をほしい` and `がほしい` on my `Anki deck` and I was just wondering if
they were interchangeable or if I just made a mistake when I was adding them
in.

> トムさんはともだち **を** ほしがっています。
>
> トムさんはともだち **が** ほしがっています。

Thank you everyone!




欲しい is an adjective, "を + adjective" is not common, "が + adjective" is common,
so が欲しい is common.

欲しがる is a verb and mainly used as a transitive verb, so を is usually placed
before 欲しがる.




欲しい is an adjective, "を + adjective" is not common, "が + adjective" is common,
so が欲しい is common.

欲しがる is a verb and mainly used as a transitive verb, so を is usually placed
before 欲しがる.

