patience vs patients
patience
Definitions
noun
- good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- 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.