Tolerating vs Tolerant - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between tolerating and tolerant

is that tolerating is while tolerant is .

tolerant.

(head)

(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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