What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Yearned vs Yearend - What's the difference?

yearned | yearend |

As a verb yearned

is (yearn).

As a noun yearend is

the end of a year, especially a financial year.

yearned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yearn)

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    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.

    • Anagrams

    *

    See also

    crave English control verbs English intransitive verbs

    yearend

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The end of a year, especially a financial year.