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Longing vs Wisful - What's the difference?

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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

    wisful

    Not English

    Wisful has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'wisful':

    wishful, wakeful, waxbill, wogball