fox: linguistics-related IPA (linguistics)
fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2010-05-13 08:17 am

a quick side comment

discreet - (among other things) quiet, tasteful, not calling attention to itself, understated.

discrete - distinct, individual, easily-enumerated.


Thank you for your attention to this matter.
kate: Kate Winslet is wryly amused (Default)

[personal profile] kate 2010-05-13 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's clever. I've never had trouble with these two, but I totally get that people would, and that's a brilliant way to remember.