Diligent vs. Dedicated

Diligentadjective

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

‘Scientists are very diligent in their work.’;

Dedicatedadjective

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

Diligentadjective

Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

‘The judges shall make diligent inquisition.’;

Dedicatedadjective

Used or intended for a particular purpose

Diligentadjective

Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.

‘Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.’; ‘Diligent cultivation of elegant literature.’;

Dedicatedverb

past participle of dedicate

Diligentadjective

quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness;

‘a diligent (or patient) worker’; ‘with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business’;

Dedicated

wholly committed to a purpose or cause; as, a dedicated musician.

Diligentadjective

characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks;

‘a diligent detective investigates all clues’; ‘a diligent search of the files’;

Dedicated

zealous in loyalty or affection; as, dedicated nurses.

Diligentadjective

having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties

‘after diligent searching, he found a parcel’;

Dedicated

set apart especially for a higher purpose; as, a life dedicated to science.

Dedicatedadjective

devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose;

‘a dedicated dancer’; ‘dedicated teachers’; ‘dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal’;

Dedicatedadjective

solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose;

‘a life consecrated to science’; ‘the consecrated chapel’; ‘a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II’;

Dedicatedadjective

devoted to a task or purpose

‘a team of dedicated doctors’;

Dedicatedadjective

exclusively allocated to or intended for a particular purpose

‘a dedicated high-speed rail link from the Channel Tunnel’;