Tolerant vs Tolerate - What's the difference?

Tolerate is a related term of tolerant.

is tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.

to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

(en adjective)

tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something

He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.

tending to withstand or survive

These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

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(tolerat)

To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

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.

* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

* allow, bear, , endure, live with, put up with

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