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Longing vs Longwing - What's the difference?

longing | longwing |

As nouns the difference between longing and longwing

is that longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire while longwing is any of the subfamily heliconiinae of butterflies.

As a verb longing

is .

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

    longwing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the subfamily Heliconiinae of butterflies.
  • A falcon of a particular class used in falconry.