Longing and Want

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Longing

Longing noun - A strong wish for something.
Usage example: by four o'clock in the afternoon, I usually experience a strong longing for chocolate
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Want is a synonym for longing in wish topic. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a noun "Longing".
Nearby Words: longed, longingly

Want

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.
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Longing is a synonym for want in desire topic. Sometimes you can use "Longing" instead a noun "Want", if it concerns topics such as wish.
Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

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constant constant longing constant want
extreme extreme longing extreme want
lost lost longing lost want
young young longing young want
Other adjectives: beautiful, secret, desperate.

Both words in one sentence

  • As a song about love, longing and life passion, it avoids being merely an "I Want" Song by capturing both the motivation and the happy ending of the story.
    Source: Award Bait Song
  • Series / Fargo Longing for Fictionland: Peggy convinces herself that her situation with Ed in "Palindrome" is just like a romantic movie she had recently seen, because if they were like the two lead characters, Ed would still want to be married to her.
    Source: Series / Fargo
  • Literature / The Impairment It's interesting because real life hypnosis can't cause people to do anything they don't want to do, but rather relax them and make them more likely to do what they want which in this case, is Mark's longing for vengeance.
    Source: Literature / The Impairment
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