Restless vs Impatience - What's the difference?
restless | impatience |
Not allowing or affording rest.
Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
Deprived of rest or sleep.
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
As an adjective restless
is not allowing or affording rest.As a noun impatience is
the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.restless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The night before his wedding was a restless one.
- He was a restless child.
- She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
- A restless ambition.
- They remained restless , sitting by the window the entire night.