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Aching vs Pining - What's the difference?

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Aching is a related term of pining.


As nouns the difference between aching and pining

is that aching is the feeling of an ache; a dull pain while pining is torture.

As a verb aching

is .

As an adjective aching

is that aches; continuously painful.

aching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That aches; continuously painful.
  • * (rfdate)
    • The aching' heart, the ' aching head.

    Derived terms

    * achingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.

    • pining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who pines.
  • * Ann Radcliffe
    • the sullen pinings of discontent