Heed vs Assiduity - What's the difference?
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Careful attention.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
* Dryden
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(archaic) To pay attention, care.
Great and persistent toil or effort.
* 1661 , ,
(in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
* 1559 , translated by (1521)
* 1773 , (Oliver Goldsmith),
Heed is a related term of assiduity.
As nouns the difference between heed and assiduity
is that heed is heathen, pagan or heed can be heath while assiduity is great and persistent toil or effort.heed
English
Noun
(-)- 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, regardVerb
(en verb)- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
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.
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.