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Longing vs Grappling - What's the difference?

longing | grappling |

As verbs the difference between longing and grappling

is that longing is present participle of lang=en while grappling is present participle of grapple.

As nouns the difference between longing and grappling

is that longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire while grappling is an act in which something is grappled or grappled with.

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

    See also

    * desire * miss

    grappling

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with
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