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Constancy vs Heed - What's the difference?

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Constancy is a related term of heed.


As nouns the difference between constancy and heed

is that constancy is (uncountable) the quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc while heed is heathen, pagan or heed can be heath.

constancy

English

Noun

(constancies)
  • (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,"
    • Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
  • (countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
  • * 1602 , , All's Well That Ends Well , act 1, sc. 2,
    • younger spirits . . .
    whose constancies
    Expire before their fashions.

    Related terms

    * constant * constantly

    References

    * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.

    heed

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Careful attention.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

    Usage notes

    * Often used with give, pay or take.

    Synonyms

    * (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • * Dryden
    • With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
  • * 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, " Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
    • Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
  • (archaic) To pay attention, care.