Inpatient vs. Impatient

Inpatient vs. Impatient — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Inpatient and Impatient

Inpatientnoun

(healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

Impatientadjective

Restless and intolerant of delays.

Inpatientnoun

a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

Impatientadjective

Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.

Impatientadjective

(obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatientadjective

Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.

impatient speeches or replies
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Impatientadjective

restless or short of temper under delay or opposition;

impatient with the slower studentsimpatient of criticism

Impatientadjective

(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness;

impatient to beginraring to go