Craving vs Seeking - What's the difference?
craving | seeking |
The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
* 1873 , Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (volume 9, page 269)
(in combination) that seeks something specified
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
As nouns the difference between craving and seeking
is that craving is a strong desire; yearning while seeking is the act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.As verbs the difference between craving and seeking
is that craving is present participle of lang=en while seeking is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective seeking is
that seeks something specified.craving
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cravinge, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From crave.Verb
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English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* heat-seeking * self-seekingVerb
(head)- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.