Qualities
Synonyms for diligence
Synonyms for diligence: industry and application. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for diligence
Interchangeable with diligence in this sense
Audited under diligence's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one diligence carries in that sense.
- industrynoun, in the sense "persevering determination to perform a task"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name diligence as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- applicationapplication is a noun in the sense "a diligent effort"
The first group is filed under diligence's own sense. The second reaches diligence from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
persevering determination to perform a task
His diligence won him quick promotions.
The true synonym
industry
Same sentence, swapped: His industry won him quick promotions.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- remark
- awareness
- heed
Where diligence turns up in the game
diligence is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where diligence is the trap
- industrynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is manufacture, in the sense "the organized action of making of goods and services for sale", and diligence is one of the three tiles that lose.
- acumennoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is sagacity, in the sense "the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions in a particular domain", with diligence sitting one tile away.
- probitynoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is integrity, in the sense "strong moral integrity, especially honesty", with diligence sitting one tile away.
Play diligence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so diligence reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company diligence keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
diligence is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.