Someone said desire is a need, and a motivation that ask for fulfillment. While longing is about something deep in the heart, that cannot easily be fulfilled... what do you think?
Some website I've read:
http://www.lsu.com/UNV002.NSF/(NoteID)/C28C022517D82B6D8625708F00586935?OpenDocument
What do you think is the difference between "longing" and "desire"?
2006-06-02 9:24 pm
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2006-06-02 9:32 pm
✔ 最佳答案
i don't think there's much difference in meaning, but there's a difference in usage of these words.most people apply the word desire to sex and longing to something non-sexual. A desire isn't necessarily a need, otherwise we'd call it a need.
2006-06-02 9:38 pm
The only difference is the letters.
2006-06-02 10:47 pm
I associate longing with something I would like, but know I will most likely never attain. Desire, however, seems to apply to more realistic wants...more immediate, burning out faster.
2006-06-02 9:28 pm
Language is rarely exact but I would say that 'desire' is more about what you want in the future and 'longing' has more to do with revisiting something that happened in the past.
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