Calm vs Patience - What's the difference?
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(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
The quality of being patient.
Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).
As nouns the difference between calm and patience
is that calm is the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion while patience is the quality of being patient.As an adjective calm
is peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As a verb calm
is to make calm.As a proper noun Patience is
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus