Yearn vs Yearn - What's the difference?
yearn | yearn |
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
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
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
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
In intransitive construed with for terms the difference between yearn and yearn
is that yearn is to long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically while yearn is to long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.In intransitive terms the difference between yearn and yearn
is that yearn is to be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn while yearn is to be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.In transitive terms the difference between yearn and yearn
is that yearn is to pain; to grieve; to vex while yearn is to pain; to grieve; to vex.In scotland terms the difference between yearn and yearn
is that yearn is to curdle, as milk while yearn is to curdle, as milk.yearn
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) giernan, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.
- It would yearn your heart to see it.
- It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
Derived terms
() * yearner * yearnful * yearnly * yearning * yearnsome * yearnyEtymology 2
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) giernan, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.
- It would yearn your heart to see it.
- It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
