Here is a pair of words that sound exactly the same but have quite different meanings – yet I’m not sure any people realise there are two words instead of one with different uses.<\/p>\n
discrete <\/span><\/strong>– distinct, separate, individual, referring to numbers discreet <\/span><\/strong>– tactful, subtle, unobtrusive To help remember which word is which, see how the t separates the es in discrete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is a pair of words that sound exactly the same but have quite different meanings – yet I’m not sure any people realise there are two words instead of one with different uses. discrete – distinct, separate, individual, referring to numbers It was a series of discrete performances across the country. discreet – tactful, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[278,280,279,282,273,281,120,283,284],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-definitions","tag-discreet","tag-discrete","tag-distinct","tag-meanings","tag-similar-words","tag-spelling","tag-tactful","tag-tip"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nIt was a series of discrete performances across the country.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHer boss was very discreet about her illness.<\/em><\/p>\n