Nostalgic vs. Wistful
Difference Between Nostalgic and Wistful
Nostalgicnoun
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
Wistfuladjective
Full of melancholy longing or wishful yearning
"She seemed wistful for the old days when I'd hung around her all the time" (David Huddle).Nostalgicnoun
The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
Wistfuladjective
Expressing sadness or yearning
"She saw the wisftul eyes grow yet more wistful, the lips curve to a pleading smile" (Dorothy Parker).Nostalgicadjective
Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
Wistfuladjective
Full of longing or yearning.
His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.Nostalgicadjective
Reminiscent of the speaker's childhood or younger years.
Wistfuladjective
Sad and thoughtful.
Nostalgicnoun
A person who displays nostalgia for something.
Wistfuladjective
full of longing or unfulfilled desire;
those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifiedsNostalgicadjective
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
Wistfuladjective
showing pensive sadness;
the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
