Tolerate vs Reject - What's the difference?
tolerate | reject |
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
As verbs the difference between tolerate and reject
is that tolerate is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference while reject is to refuse to accept.As a noun reject is
something that is rejected.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.
