Jeong
Jeong is the slow-forming attachment that builds between people — and to places and objects — simply from proximity and time, without either party choosing it.
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JeongvsLove
The short answer
Love is generally described as a state inside a person. Jeong is described as located between them — which is why the grammar is passive, and why it doesn't require you to like someone. Jeong can bind people through years of friction, which love is not usually expected to do.
Side by side
| Aspect | Jeong | Love |
|---|---|---|
| Located | Between people | Inside a person |
| Chosen | No | Partly |
| Requires liking | No | Generally |
| Built by | Time and proximity | Feeling |
What each one means
Love
Love behaves less like an emotion than like a drive — closer to hunger or thirst than to sadness, and in some people it is still firing after twenty years.
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