Both Uses of
diligent
in
Life of Pi
- They are diligent when their efforts are rewarded.
Chpt 41-44 *diligent = hard working, careful, and persistent
- But the shipping clerk at the Howrah train station was evidently a man both befuddled and diligent.†
Chpt 45-48
Definition:
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(diligent as in: she is diligent) hard work and care in tasks -- often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties