“We filed the papers in discreet folders.”
Confusables Entry 396 / 1011 60-second read
Discreet vs. Discrete
Tactful versus separate.
The comparisoni
“We filed the papers in discrete folders.”
The ruleii
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DISCREET = tactful. DISCRETE = separate.
DISCREET means careful, prudent, able to keep a secret. DISCRETE means individually distinct — not joined.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
DiscrEEt keeps secrEts close togEther. DiscrEtE separatEs thE pieces.