Client vs Patient - What's the difference?
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A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc).
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(legal) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
Content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
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(obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
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A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
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(linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
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As nouns the difference between client and patient
is that client is a customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services while patient is a person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.As an adjective patient is
content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.client
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (customer) buyer, customerHolonyms
* (customer) clienteleDerived terms
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* ("client" on Wikipedia) * serverAnagrams
* ----patient
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Be patient : your friends will arrive in a few hours.
- patient endeavour
- Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
- patient of severest toil and hardship
Synonyms
* composedAntonyms
* impatient * antsyDerived terms
* patientlyNoun
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- Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient .