Note the different spellings and meanings of these homonyms.
Discreet means “tactful, circumspect or prudent.”
- Guests at the Château Frontenac can count on our staff to be discreet.
Discrete means “separate or distinct.”
- This painting by Picasso is made up of thousands of discrete blocks of colour.
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