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Yearning vs Aching - What's the difference?

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Yearning is a related term of aching.


As nouns the difference between yearning and aching

is that yearning is a wistful or melancholy longing while aching is the feeling of an ache; a dull pain.

As verbs the difference between yearning and aching

is that yearning is while aching is .

As an adjective aching is

that aches; continuously painful.

yearning

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wistful or melancholy longing.
    • She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
  • (archaic) rennet

    • Related terms

    * yearn

    Verb

    (head)
    • English abstract nouns

    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.