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Yearning vs Sighing - What's the difference?

yearning | sighing |

As nouns the difference between yearning and sighing

is that yearning is a wistful or melancholy longing while sighing is the utterance of a sigh.

As verbs the difference between yearning and sighing

is that yearning is present participle of lang=en while sighing is present participle of sigh.

yearning

English

Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * yearn

    Verb

    (head)
    • English abstract nouns

    sighing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The utterance of a sigh.
    • the groanings and sighings of the dying man

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