different between daydream vs longing

English

Etymology

day +? dream

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?d?i?m/
• enPR: d?'dr?m?

Noun

daydream (plural daydreams)

1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

   Coordinate terms: woolgathering, brown study, castles in Spain

Translations

Verb

daydream (third-person singular simple present daydreams, present participle daydreaming, simple past and past participle daydreamt or daydreamed)

1. To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

   Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

Translations

See also

• daymare
• dream
• nightmare
• REM

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• Rhymes: -????
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?????/

Etymology 1

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *lang?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *lang?n? (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

longing

1. present participle of long

Etymology 2

From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langung?, gerund of Proto-Germanic *lang?n? (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long +? -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

longing (plural longings)

1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

Synonyms

• yearning

Related terms

• long

Translations

See also

• desire
• miss