Tolerate vs Nonstandard - What's the difference?
tolerate | nonstandard |
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
Not standard.
(linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
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Something that is not standard.
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As a verb tolerate
is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.As an adjective nonstandard is
not standard.As a noun nonstandard is
something that is not standard.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
* * * ----nonstandard
English
Alternative forms
* non-standardAdjective
(en adjective)- The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser'' has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
(91) England put themselves in a position [''whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonight?s game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)
Derived terms
* nonstandard dialect * nonstandard item * nonstandard method * nonstandard unitNoun
(en noun)- Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards .