Discreet vs Deceive - What's the difference?
discreet | deceive |
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic.
Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.
To trick or mislead.
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As an adjective discreet
is respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic.As a verb deceive is
to trick or mislead.discreet
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Adjective
(en adjective)- With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.
- John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet .
Usage notes
* Do not confuse with discrete .Derived terms
* discreetly * discretionAnagrams
* ----deceive
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(deceiv)citation, page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}