Diligence vs Dedication - What's the difference?
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conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
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(legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
(uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.
(countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.
(legal) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.
Dedication is a synonym of diligence.
As nouns the difference between diligence and dedication
is that diligence is conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something while dedication is the act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.diligence
English
(wikipedia diligence)Noun
(en noun)- Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.