Tolerate vs Approbate - What's the difference?
tolerate | approbate |
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
approved
* 1531 , Thomas Elyot, The Boke named The Governour
To give official sanction, consent or authorization
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As verbs the difference between tolerate and approbate
is that tolerate is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference while approbate is to give official sanction, consent or authorization.As an adjective approbate is
approved.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.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* allow, bear, , endure, live with, put up withExternal links
* * * ----approbate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And if they wyll allege that all thynge contayned in holy scripture is approbate by the hole consent of all the clergie of Christendoms