languish vs yearn

languish

verb
  • To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. 

  • To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. 

  • To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. 

  • To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. 

yearn

verb
  • Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing. 

  • To make (cheese) from curdled milk. 

  • To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia. 

  • Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process. 

  • Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing. 

  • To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process. 

  • To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something. 

  • Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk. 

noun
  • A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen. 

How often have the words languish and yearn occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )