Taking vs Tolerate - What's the difference?
taking | tolerate |
alluring; attractive.
* Fuller
(obsolete) infectious; contagious
The act by which something is taken.
* 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
(uncountable) An apprehension.
(countable) That which has been gained.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
As verbs the difference between taking and tolerate
is that taking is present participle of lang=en while tolerate is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.As an adjective taking
is alluring; attractive.As a noun taking
is the act by which something is taken.taking
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- subtile in making his temptations most taking
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Noun
- Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
- Count the shop's takings .
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* for the takingSee also
* takingsStatistics
*tolerate
English
Verb
(tolerat)- I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.
- I can tolerate working on Saturdays, but not on Sundays.
