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Patience vs Optimism - What's the difference?

patience | optimism |

As a proper noun patience

is .

As a noun optimism is

a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome.

patience

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being patient.
  • Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).

    • Related terms

    * passion * passionate * passive * passivity * patient

    Antonyms

    * impatience

    External links

    * *

    See also

    *garden patience ----

    optimism

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia optimism)
  • a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
    • I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.
  • the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
  • the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

    • Antonyms

    * pessimism

    Derived terms

    * optimist