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Wilted vs Languished - What's the difference?

wilted | languished |

As verbs the difference between wilted and languished

is that wilted is (wilt) while languished is (languish).

As an adjective wilted

is (of plants) drooping, typically due to lack of water.

wilted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of plants) Drooping, typically due to lack of water.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (wilt)

    • languished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (languish)

    • languish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
  • * Bible, 2 Esdras viii. 31
    • We do languish of such diseases.
  • To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
    • He languished without his girlfriend
  • To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
    • He languished in prison for years
  • To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
    • The case languished for years before coming to trial.
  • (obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
  • * 1815 , Jane Austen, Emma
    • He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an "exactly so," as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish , and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.
    (Tennyson)

    Related terms

    * languid * languor * languorous