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Avid vs Longing - What's the difference?

avid | longing | Related terms |

Avid is a related term of longing.


As an adjective avid

is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.

As a verb longing is

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As a noun longing is

an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

avid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
    • I'm an avid reader.
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    • We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

    Derived terms

    * avidly * avidity

    Anagrams

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    longing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
  • The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

    • Synonyms

    * yearning

    Related terms

    * long

    See also

    * desire * miss