Crave vs Yern - What's the difference?
crave | yern |
To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
* Edmund Gurney
To ask for earnestly.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Mark xv. 43
As verbs the difference between crave and yern
is that crave is to desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for while yern is .crave
English
Verb
(crav)- I know I should diet more, but every afternoon I crave a soda so I have one.
- His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
- I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.
- I crave your honour's pardon.
- Joseph went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
