different between thirst vs liking

English

Etymology

From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Danish tørst, Norwegian tørst). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ???????? (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit ?????? (t????, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit ??????? (t???yati), Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• enPR: thûrst
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??st/
• Rhymes: -??(?)st

Noun

thirst (countable and uncountable, plural thirsts)

1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane
2. The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"

3. (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.

   a thirst for gold

4. (slang) sexual lust

Synonyms

• (figuratively): craving, longing

Derived terms

• bloodthirst
• thirst-quenching
• thirsty

Translations

See also

• hunger

Verb

thirst (third-person singular simple present thirsts, present participle thirsting, simple past and past participle thirsted)

1. (intransitive) To be thirsty.

   • The people thirsted there for water.

2. (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.

   • My soul thirsteth for […] the living God.

   • Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.

Translations

Further reading

• thirst in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• thirst in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• T-shirt, t-shirt, thrist

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Etymology 1

From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English l?ciende, l?ci?ende, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *l?k?n?, equivalent to like +? -ing.

Verb

liking

1. present participle of like

Etymology 2

From Middle English likinge, from Old English l?cung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +? -ing.

Noun

liking (countable and uncountable, plural likings)

1. A like; a predilection.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

     The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

2. (archaic) Approval.

   goods bought on liking

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:predilection

Derived terms

• for one's liking
• to one's liking
• take a liking to

Translations

Sambali

Noun

likíng

1. side