Hankering vs Ardent - What's the difference?

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Hankering is a related term of ardent.

As a verb hankering

is .

As a noun hankering

is (often|followed by for or after) a strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

As an adjective ardent is

full of ardor; fervent, passionate.

hankering

English

Verb

(head)

* 2008 May 23, James Graff, " Lost: Labour's Love for Brown," Time :

[T]here is a clear sense that Britain is hankering for a change at the top.

Noun

(en noun)

(often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

* 1840 , , The Knight of Malta :

I found that he had dipped a little in chimerical studies and had a hankering after astrology and alchymy.

* 1849 , , Shirley , ch. 1:

Mike says he even likes to talk to him and run after him, but he has a hankering that Moore should be made an example of.

* 1861 , , Framley Parsonage , ch. 4:

One may say that hankering after naughty things is the very essence of the evil into which we have been precipitated by Adam's fall.

* 1904 , , Dialstone Lane . ch. 2:

"Some people are fond of a stay-at-home life, but I always had a hankering after adventures."

* 2010 Aug. 12, Michael D. Lemonick, " Study: Lucy's Relatives Used Tools to Butcher Meat," Time :

In other words, some species of human ancestor . . . not only had a hankering for meat, which scientists had not expected, but used tools to get it.

Synonyms

* craving

Anagrams

ardent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.

* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43

This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.

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, year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}

Burning; glowing; shining.

Anagrams

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