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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Patience or Patient

Can you please explain when I can use Patience or Patient.
  

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Anonymous Can you please explain when I can use Patience or Patient. Use 'patience' when you need a noun; 'patient' when you need an adjective. Similarly, 'difference' is a noun; 'different' is an adjective'.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Can you please explain when I can use Patience or Patient.
  • Use 'patience' when you need a noun; 'patient' when you need an adjective.
  • Similarly, 'difference' is a noun; 'different' is an adjective'.
  • Likewise with 'reticence', 'reticent', 'diffidence', 'diffident', 'turbulence', 'turbulent', and many others.
  • CJ
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Anonymous Can you please explain when I can use Patience or Patient.
Use 'patience' when you need a noun; 'patient' when you need an adjective.

Similarly, 'difference' is a noun; 'different' is an adjective'.

Likewise with 'reticence', 'reticent', 'diffidence', 'diffident', 'turbulence', 'turbulent', and many others.

CJ
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A mother must have a lot of patience.
Patience is a virtue.
Please be patient with me. I ask a lot of questions.

He is a patient of Doctor Smith.
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