Assiduity vs Constancy - What's the difference?
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Great and persistent toil or effort.
* 1661 , ,
(in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
* 1559 , translated by (1521)
* 1773 , (Oliver Goldsmith),
(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
* 1871 , , Descent of Man , ch. 7 "On the Races of Man,"
(countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
* 1602 , , All's Well That Ends Well , act 1, sc. 2,
Assiduity is a related term of constancy.
As nouns the difference between assiduity and constancy
is that assiduity is great and persistent toil or effort while constancy is (uncountable) the quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.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.
constancy
English
Noun
(constancies)- Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
- younger spirits . . .
- whose constancies
- Expire before their fashions.