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Yean vs Yearn - What's the difference?

yean | yearn |

As verbs the difference between yean and yearn

is that yean is to give birth to while yearn is to long, have a strong desire (for something).

yean

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (transitive, obsolete, of goats or sheep) To give birth to.

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    yearn

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) giernan, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To long, have a strong desire (for something).
  • * All I yearn for is a simple life.
  • To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically
  • To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.
  • To pain; to grieve; to vex.
  • * Shakespeare
    • It would yearn your heart to see it.
  • * Shakespeare
    • It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
    Derived terms
    () * yearner * yearnful * yearnly * yearning * yearnsome * yearny

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To curdle, as milk.

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    See also

    crave English control verbs English intransitive verbs