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Impatience vs Impatiency - What's the difference?

impatience | impatiency |

As nouns the difference between impatience and impatiency

is that impatience is the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something while impatiency is (obsolete) impatience.

impatience

English

Noun

  • The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

    • Antonyms

    * patience * haste

    impatiency

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) impatience
    • (Webster 1913)