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Wishful vs Languishing - What's the difference?

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Wishful is a related term of languishing.


As adjectives the difference between wishful and languishing

is that wishful is (obsolete) wished-for; desired, wanted while languishing is lacking of vigor or spirit.

As a verb languishing is

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As a noun languishing is

the act of one who languishes.

wishful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
    • The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.
  • Expressing a wish or longing for something.
  • Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

    • Derived terms

    * wishful thinking

    languishing

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • lacking of vigor or spirit.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who languishes.
  • * 1680 , Thomas Otway, The Orphan
    • Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings , are paid!