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Propensity vs Longing - What's the difference?

propensity | longing |

As nouns the difference between propensity and longing

is that propensity is a tendency, preference, or attraction while longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

As a verb longing is

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propensity

English

Noun

(propensities)
  • A tendency, preference, or attraction.
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    Synonyms

    * proclivity * propension

    Related terms

    * propense

    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