different between wishful vs pining

English

From wish +? -ful.

wishful (comparative more wishful, superlative most wishful)

(obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:
  The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.
Expressing a wish or longing for something.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 5:
  When she weighed anchor I went to the waterside and looked at her with a very wishful and aching heart, and followed her with my eyes and tears until she was totally out of sight.
Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

pining

pining (plural pinings)

The act of one who pines.
- 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest
  the sullen pinings of discontent

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