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Longsuffering vs Resilient - What's the difference?

longsuffering | resilient |

As an adjective longsuffering

is .

As a noun longsuffering

is long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity.

As a verb resilient is

.

longsuffering

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity
  • * 1611 , King James Version, Galatians 5:22-23
    • But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering , gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

    resilient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
  • * 1994 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
    • He’s resilient , and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

    Derived terms

    * resilience

    Synonyms

    * bendable * flexible * strong

    Antonyms

    * brittle * fragile