yearn vs languish

yearn and languish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yearn	No	No	Yes	No
languish	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, languish is a hyponym of yearn; that is, languish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than yearn:

Other hyponyms of yearn include ache, pine, yearn, yen.

As verbs, yearn and languish are synonyms defined as:

yearn and languish: have a desire for something or someone who is not present

Other synonyms of yearn include ache, pine, yen.

yearn (verb)	languish (verb)
desire strongly or persistently	become feeble
have a desire for something or someone who is not present	lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
have affection for; feel tenderness for	have a desire for something or someone who is not present