Burning and Pining

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Burning noun - A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.

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Pining and burning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pining" instead the word "Burning" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: burn, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Pining noun - A strong wish for something.

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Burning and pining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burning" instead the word "Pining" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Word: pined

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Natsume and Okahara Kick the Dog: Joker kicks many many dogs over the course of the series, but it culminates with burning the photograph of Yomiko and Nenene that Yomiko's been pining over for the past five episodes.

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