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Desirous vs Wishful - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between desirous and wishful

is that desirous is feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous while wishful is wished-for; desired, wanted.

desirous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
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    wishful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
    • The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.
  • Expressing a wish or longing for something.
  • Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

    • Derived terms

    * wishful thinking