Hankering vs Languishing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between hankering and languishing

is that hankering is present participle of lang=en while languishing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hankering and languishing

is that hankering is a strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination while languishing is the act of one who languishes.

As an adjective languishing is

lacking of vigor or spirit.

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

languishing

English

Adjective

(head)

lacking of vigor or spirit.

Verb

(head)

Noun

(en noun)

The act of one who languishes.

* 1680 , Thomas Otway, The Orphan

Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings , are paid!