The difference between Long and Yearn

When used as nouns, long means a long vowel, whereas yearn means yearning.

When used as verbs, long means to take a long position in, whereas yearn means to long, have a strong desire (for something).

Long is also adverb with the meaning: over a great distance in space.

Long is also adjective with the meaning: having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .

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  1. Long as an adjective:

    Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .

    Examples:

    "It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon."

  2. Long as an adjective:

    Having great duration.

    Examples:

    "The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time."

  3. Long as an adjective:

    Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

  4. Long as an adjective (British, dialect):

    Not short; tall.

  5. Long as an adjective (finance):

    Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.

    Examples:

    "I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont."

  6. Long as an adjective (cricket):

    Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

  7. Long as an adjective (tennis, of a ball or a shot):

    That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).

    Examples:

    "No! That forehand is longnb...."

  8. Long as an adjective:

    Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

  1. Long as an adverb:

    Over a great distance in space.

    Examples:

    "He threw the ball long."

  2. Long as an adverb:

    For a particular duration.

    Examples:

    "How long is it until the next bus arrives?"

  3. Long as an adverb:

    For a long duration.

    Examples:

    "Will this interview take long?"

    "Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world."

  1. Long as a noun (linguistics):

    A long vowel.

  2. Long as a noun (programming):

    A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

    Examples:

    "A long is typically 64 [[bit]]s in a 32-bit environment."

  3. Long as a noun (finance):

    An entity with a long position in an asset.

    Examples:

    "Every uptick made the longs cheer."

  4. Long as a noun (music):

    A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

  1. Long as a verb (transitive, finance):

    To take a long position in.

  1. Long as a verb (intransitive):

    To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

    Examples:

    "She longed for him to come back."

  1. Long as an adjective (archaic):

    On account , because .

  1. Long as a verb (archaic):

    To be appropriate , to pertain or belong .

  1. Long as a noun:

    longitude

  1. Yearn as a verb (intransitive):

    To long, have a strong desire (for something).

    Examples:

    "All I yearn for is a simple life."

  2. Yearn as a verb (intransitive):

    To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.

  3. Yearn as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).

  4. Yearn as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

  5. Yearn as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To pain; to grieve; to vex.

  1. Yearn as a verb (Scotland):

    To curdle, as milk.

  1. Yearn as a noun:

    Yearning; .

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