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Harp vs Longing - What's the difference?

harp | longing |

As nouns the difference between harp and longing

is that harp is a musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers while longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

As verbs the difference between harp and longing

is that harp is usually with on To repeatedly mention a subject while longing is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Harp

is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a player of the harp.

harp

English

(wikipedia harp)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.
  • (label) A harmonica.
  • (label) A grain sieve.

    • Derived terms

    * harpist

    See also

    * lyre

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To repeatedly mention a subject.
    • (US)
    (UK)
  • (label) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
  • (label) To play (a tune) on the harp.
  • (label) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
    • — Shakespeare.

    Synonyms

    * about *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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