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Wistful vs Selfless - What's the difference?

wistful | selfless |

As adjectives the difference between wistful and selfless

is that wistful is full of yearning or longing while selfless is having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.

wistful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • full of yearning or longing
    • His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.
  • sad and thoughtful

    • Synonyms

    * (thoughtful sadness) (l)

    References

    selfless

    English

    (wikipedia selfless)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
    • In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.

    Derived terms

    * selflessness