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Longing vs Impatient - What's the difference?

longing | impatient | Related terms |

As a verb longing

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun longing

is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

As an adjective impatient is

restless and intolerant of delays.

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

    impatient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • restless and intolerant of delays
  • * Addison
    • The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
  • anxious and eager, especially to begin something
  • (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
    • (Spenser)
  • Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
    • impatient speeches or replies
  • * 1594 , , III. ii. 287:
    • What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?

    Derived terms

    * impatiently