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Daydream vs Longing - What's the difference?

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Daydream is a related term of longing.


As nouns the difference between daydream and longing

is that daydream is a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality while longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

As verbs the difference between daydream and longing

is that daydream is to have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather while longing is .

daydream

English

(wikipedia daydream)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

    • Verb

  • To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
    • Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

    See also

    * dream * nightmare * REM

    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