Vigilance vs Aware - What's the difference?
vigilance | aware |
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
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
* , chapter=7
, title=
As nouns the difference between vigilance and aware
is that vigilance is alert watchfulness while aware is avar.vigilance
English
Noun
(en-noun)- 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.
aware
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware , is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}