“The doctor’s patience waited for hours.”
Confusables Entry 412 / 1011 60-second read
Patience vs. Patients
The virtue versus people in care.
The comparisoni
“The doctor’s patients waited for hours.”
The ruleii
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PATIENCE = calm endurance. PATIENTS = people in care.
PATIENCE ends in CE like endurance. PATIENTS ends in TS like a plural — it is the plural of patient.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Patience is a SINGULAR virtue. Patients are PLURAL people.