Impatient vs. Patient

Impatientadjective

Restless and intolerant of delays.

Impatientadjective

Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.

Impatientadjective

(obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatientadjective

Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.

Impatientadjective

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; - often followed by at, for, of, and under.

Impatientadjective

Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatientadjective

Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.

Impatientnoun

One who is impatient.

Impatientadjective

restless or short of temper under delay or opposition;

Impatientadjective

(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness;

Patientadjective

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

Patientadjective

Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.

Patientadjective

(obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.

Patientnoun

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

Patientnoun

The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

Patientnoun

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Patientadjective

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

Patientadjective

Undergoing pains, trials, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.

Patientadjective

Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.

Patientadjective

Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.

Patientadjective

Forbearing; long-suffering.

Patientnoun

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Patientnoun

A person under medical or surgical treatment; - correlative to physician or nurse.

Patientverb

To compose, to calm.

Patientnoun

a person who requires medical care;

Patientnoun

the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Patientadjective

enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance;

Patientadjective

enduring without protest or complaint

Patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, psychologist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care provider.