Longing vs Wistful - What's the difference?
longing | wistful |
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
full of yearning or longing
sad and thoughtful
As a verb longing
is .As a noun longing
is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.As a adjective wistful is
full of yearning or longing.longing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* yearningSee also
* desire * misswistful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.