Discreditor
(Dis*cred"it*or) n. One who discredits.
Discreet
(Dis*creet") a. [Compar. Discreeter ; superl. Discreetest.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated
(whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and cf. Discrete.]
1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to
ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.
It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and
gives measures to society.
Addison.
Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
Pope.
The sea is silent, the sea is discreet.
Longfellow. 2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] Spenser.
— Dis*creet"ly, adv. — Dis*creet"ness, n.
Discrepance
(Dis*crep"ance Dis*crep"an*cy) n.; pl. -ances -ancies [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance.
See Discrepant.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women.
Sir T. Elyot.
There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies.
G. S. Faber. Discrepant
(Dis*crep"ant) a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly;
dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship.
Cudworth. Discrepant
(Dis*crep"ant), n. A dissident. J. Taylor.
Discrete
(Dis*crete") a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a
discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; — said of things usually coalescent.
Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. — Discrete proportion,
proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing
the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued
or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. — Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as
number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
Discrete
(Dis*crete"), v. t. To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Discretely
(Dis*crete"ly), adv. Separately; disjunctively.
Discretion
(Dis*cre"tion) n. [F. discrétion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere,
discretum. See Discreet, Discern.]
1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.
