Attention vs Constancy - What's the difference?
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(label) Mental focus.
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, title= (label) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
* 1818 , (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley), (Frankenstein); or, the Modern Prometheus , ch. 3,
* 1910 , (Stephen Leacock), " ,
A state of alertness in the standing position.
(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,
Attention is a related term of constancy.
As nouns the difference between attention and constancy
is that attention is (label) mental focus while constancy is (uncountable) the quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.As an interjection attention
is .attention
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(wikipedia attention)Noun
(en-noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
- She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
- For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked attentions from a young lady.
Derived terms
() * at attention * attention deficit disorder * attention-grabbing * attention line * attention span * attention whore * attentional * centre of attention/center of attention * draw attention * flow of attention * pay attention * stand to attentionStatistics
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Noun
(constancies)- Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
- younger spirits . . .
- whose constancies
- Expire before their fashions.