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Difference Between Diligent and Dedicated

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Diligent

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties
After diligent searching, he found a parcel

Dedicated

Devoted to a task or purpose
A team of dedicated doctors

Diligent

Marked by persevering, painstaking effort.

Dedicated

Exclusively allocated to or intended for a particular purpose
A dedicated high-speed rail link from the Channel Tunnel

Diligent

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
Scientists are very diligent in their work.

Dedicated

Wholly committed to a particular course of thought or action; devoted
A dedicated musician.
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Diligent

Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.
The judges shall make diligent inquisition.

Dedicated

Designed for a particular use or function
The fax machine is connected to a dedicated landline.

Diligent

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.

Dedicated

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

Diligent

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

Used or intended for a particular purpose
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Diligent

Characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks;
A diligent detective investigates all clues
A diligent search of the files

Dedicated

Simple past tense and past participle of dedicate

Dedicated

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

Dedicated

Zealous in loyalty or affection; as, dedicated nurses.

Dedicated

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

Dedicated

Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose;
A dedicated dancer
Dedicated teachers
Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

Dedicated

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

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