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Yearning vs Greedy - What's the difference?

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Yearning is a related term of greedy.


As a noun yearning

is a wistful or melancholy longing.

As a verb yearning

is .

As an adjective greedy is

having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

yearning

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wistful or melancholy longing.
  • She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
  • (archaic) rennet
  • greedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
  • Prone to overeat.
  • (computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
  • Synonyms

    * gluttonous * See also

    Derived terms

    * greed (by back-formation) * greediness * greedy-guts

    Anagrams

    * (l)