Craving vs Urge - What's the difference?
craving | urge | Related terms |
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
* Alexander Pope
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
* Shakespeare
To provoke; to exasperate.
* Shakespeare
To press hard upon; to follow closely.
* Alexander Pope
To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
(obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
To press onward or forward.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Urge is a synonym of craving.
As nouns the difference between craving and urge
is that craving is a strong desire; yearning while urge is a strong desire; an itch to do something.As verbs the difference between craving and urge
is that craving is present participle of lang=en while urge is to press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.craving
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cravinge, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From crave.Verb
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*urge
English
Verb
(urg)- through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight
- My brother never / Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it.
- Urge not my father's anger.
- Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
- to urge''' an argument; to '''urge the necessity of a case
- to urge an ore with intense heat