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Observance vs Vigilance - What's the difference?

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Observance is a related term of vigilance.


As nouns the difference between observance and vigilance

is that observance is the practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule while vigilance is alert watchfulness.

observance

English

(wikipedia observance)

Alternative forms

* observaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule
  • The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion
  • Observation or the act of watching
  • (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church

    • vigilance

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Alert watchfulness.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}
  • Close and continuous attention.
  • * 1837 March 4, (Andrew Jackson), Farewell Address
    • But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.