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Impatient vs Intolerance - What's the difference?

impatient | intolerance |

As an adjective impatient

is impatient.

As a noun intolerance is

intolerance.

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

    intolerance

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia intolerance)
  • (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • (countable) An intolerant word or action.
  • (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy.

    • Hyponyms

    * (medicine) food intolerance

    Antonyms

    * tolerance

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