Assiduity vs Activity - What's the difference?
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Great and persistent toil or effort.
* 1661 , ,
(in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
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* 1773 , (Oliver Goldsmith),
The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
Something done as an action or a movement.
Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
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Assiduity is a related term of activity.
As nouns the difference between assiduity and activity
is that assiduity is great and persistent toil or effort while activity is the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.assiduity
English
Noun
(assiduities)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
- With difficulty could man be born into the world, or as soon as born would he die, leaving life at the very threshold of existence, unless the friendly hand of the careful matron, and the affectionate assiduities of the nurse, lent their aid to the helpless babe.
- I will stay even contrary to your wishes; and though you should persist to shun me, I will make my respectful assiduities atone for the levity of my past conduct.
activity
English
(wikipedia activity)Noun
(activities)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities , ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}