diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (L. ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

covering You can stop covering your ears now. The TV is off.
coating His speciality is fresh fish with a salt coating.
program Bob hurried home in order to watch the TV program.
app This app will help you improve your English level.
software Rima and Skura put the software on their computer.
request We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
application		steady
covering		falling
coating		falling
program		falling
app		rising
software		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: use¹, app¹
5 letters: study²
6 letters: appeal²
7 letters: program², request², coating²
8 letters: industry³, software², covering³, petition³, applying³
9 letters: attention³, programme², appliance³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: application
Italiano: applicazione
Español: aplicación
Deutsch: Anwendung
Català: aplicació