Discus vs Discuss - What's the difference?
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A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
* 2004 , Frank Fitzpatrick, "The amazing story of the first discus medal winner", The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 18,
* 2008 , John Branch, "
(uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.
* 2008 , "
A discus fish.
* 2008 , Carol Roberts, "
(rare, dated) A chakram.
* 1893 , Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, translated by K. M. Ganguli, ,
* 1899 , ",
(obsolete) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.i:
* Rambler
* Sir H. Wotton
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
* , Merry Wives of Windsor , act 1, sc. 3:
* , Henry V , act 4, sc. 1:
To break to pieces; to shatter.
To deal with, in eating or drinking.
* Sir S. Baker
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
As a noun discus
is a round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.As a verb discuss is
to drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.discus
English
(discus throw)Noun
(discuses)- He [
won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.
Estonia's Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way", The New York Times , August 23,
- [Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses —he usually travels with about five of them,
Weir lays down marker in Beijing", BBC , September 8,
- And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest,
History of Discus", North American Discus Association ,
- The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus .
- And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.
- If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh,
Synonyms
* (round plate) quoitUsage notes
* Although an alternative latinate plural (disci) is often cited, it is hardly ever used in practice.discuss
English
(wikipedia discuss)Verb
- For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust , / And meet respect of honour put to flight
- a pomade of virtue to discuss pimples
- Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection.
- Let's sit down and discuss this rationally.
- I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else.
- Nym : I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
- Pistol : Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.