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Daydream vs Yearning - What's the difference?

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Daydream is a related term of yearning.


As nouns the difference between daydream and yearning

is that daydream is a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality while yearning is a wistful or melancholy longing.

As verbs the difference between daydream and yearning

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

    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