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Exigency vs Longing - What's the difference?

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Exigency is a related term of longing.


As nouns the difference between exigency and longing

is that exigency is the demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural ) while longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

As a verb longing is

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exigency

English

Noun

(exigencies)
  • The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural. )
  • An urgent situation.
  • A situation requiring extreme effort or attention.

    • Synonyms

    * exigence * necessity * urgency

    Related terms

    * exigent * exiguity * exiguous

    External links

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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