different between itching vs longing
itching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t???/
Etymology 1
From Middle English ecchinge, ?itchinge, ?icchinde, ?ichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ?i??ende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch +? -ing.
Verb
itching
- present participle of itch
Etymology 2
From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ?icchunge (also unassibilated as ?ykynge), equivalent to itch +? -ing.
Noun
itching (plural itchings)
- A sensation that itches.
- 1856, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (page 71)
- Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.
- 1856, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (page 71)
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longing
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
- 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)
- An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
- The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise
Synonyms
- yearning
Related terms
- long
Translations
See also
- desire
- miss
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