Patience vs. Patients

Patiencenoun

The quality of being patient.

Patiencenoun

Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. card game.

Patiencenoun

The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

Patiencenoun

The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

Patiencenoun

Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

Patiencenoun

Sufferance; permission.

Patiencenoun

A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

Patiencenoun

Solitaire.

Patiencenoun

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Patiencenoun

a card game played by one person

Patience

Patience (or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.

Patientsnoun

plural of patient