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Impatient vs Impatiens - What's the difference?

impatient | impatiens |

As an adjective impatient

is impatient.

As a noun impatiens is

any of various ornamental plants of the genus impatiens .

impatient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • restless and intolerant of delays
  • * Addison
    • The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
  • anxious and eager, especially to begin something
  • (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
    • (Spenser)
  • Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
    • impatient speeches or replies
  • * 1594 , , III. ii. 287:
    • What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?

    Derived terms

    * impatiently

    impatiens

    English

    Noun

    (impatiens)
  • Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Impatiens
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 14, author=Susan Stewart, title=Cartoon Creatures Leave Home and Find ... Home, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A pot of impatiens blooms by the back door; mulch is visible around the bushes by the modest, well-kept house. }}

    Synonyms

    * touch-me-not

    See also

    * ("impatiens" on Wikipedia) * ("impatiens" species on Wikimedia)