long-suffering vs patient

long-suffering and patient both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
long-suffering	Yes	Yes	No	No
patient	Yes	Yes	No	No

long-suffering (noun)	patient (noun)
patient endurance of pain or unhappiness	the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
	a person who requires medical care

long-suffering (adjective)	patient (adjective)
patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble	enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance