Impatience vs Impatiens - What's the difference?
impatience | impatiens |
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Impatiens
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As nouns the difference between impatience and impatiens
is that impatience is the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something while impatiens is any of various ornamental plants of the genus impatiens .impatience
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* patience * hasteimpatiens
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