Tolerance vs. Patience

Tolerancenoun

The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

Tolerancenoun

(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

Tolerancenoun

(uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

Tolerancenoun

(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

Tolerancenoun

(uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

Tolerancenoun

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

Tolerancenoun

The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

Tolerancenoun

The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.

Tolerancenoun

Capability of growth in more or less shade.

Tolerancenoun

the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or electrical devices or operations; - caklled also allowance

Tolerancenoun

the capacity to resist the deleterious action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to anitbiotics.

Tolerancenoun

the acquired inability to respond with an immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism normally responds; - called also immunotolerance, immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen (high-zone tolerance).

Tolerancenoun

the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

Tolerancenoun

a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

Tolerancenoun

the act of tolerating something

Tolerancenoun

willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others

Tolerancenoun

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Tolerancenoun

the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with

Tolerancenoun

the capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as a drug or environmental conditions without adverse reaction

Tolerancenoun

diminution in the body's response to a drug after continued use

Tolerancenoun

an allowable amount of variation of a specified quantity, especially in the dimensions of a machine or part

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.