pine over/after/for

[alikim]

... something or somebody. Is there a difference in meaning?

 

[emsr2d2]

... something or somebody. Is there a difference in meaning?

I've only heard and used "to pine for".

 

[White Hat]

pine - definition of pine by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

pine for something or someone

pining for a mythical past
She was pining for her lost husband.

 

[5jj]

COCA has 103 sentences containing 'pine for', and only one with 'pine over'.

 

[alikim]

Thanks!

 

[Larkus]

I looked up the COCA (what a marvelous resource) and got one result containing 'pine after', too.