Tolerate vs Enjoy - What's the difference?
tolerate | enjoy |
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
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* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8
* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
To have sexual intercourse with.
As verbs the difference between tolerate and enjoy
is that tolerate is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference while enjoy is to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.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
* * * ----enjoy
English
Verb
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- that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
- This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
- (Milton)