Yearning vs Yearn - What's the difference?
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A wistful or melancholy longing.
(archaic) rennet
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
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Yearn is a derived term of yearning.
Yearn is a related term of yearning.
As verbs the difference between yearning and yearn
is that yearning is present participle of lang=en while yearn is to long, have a strong desire (for something).As a noun yearning
is a wistful or melancholy longing.yearning
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Noun
(en noun)- She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
yearn
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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.