patience vs patients

patience

Definitions

noun

  1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  2. a card game played by one person

Examples

The watch on deck soon came to the conclusion that "sailoring" was not particularly funny at night, for there was a good deal of gaping, and not a little impatience for the eight bells that would relieve them for

You need infinite patience for this job.

As they negotiated the park gates and turned into the crowded thoroughfare, Patience sat, stiffly erect; inside, her emotions churned.

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