The difference between Concrete and Discrete
When used as adjectives, concrete means real, actual, tangible, whereas discrete means separate.
Concrete is also noun with the meaning: a solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles.
Concrete is also verb with the meaning: to cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
check bellow for the other definitions of Concrete and Discrete
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Concrete as an adjective:
Real, actual, tangible.
Examples:
"Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists."
"Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t."
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Concrete as an adjective:
Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.
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Concrete as an adjective:
Particular, specific, rather than general.
Examples:
"While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.'' ''concrete ideas"
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Concrete as an adjective:
United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.
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Concrete as an adjective (modifying a noun, not comparable):
Made of concrete, a building material.
Examples:
"The office building had concrete flower boxes out front."
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Concrete as a noun (obsolete):
A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.
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Concrete as a noun:
Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
Examples:
"The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs."
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Concrete as a noun (logic):
A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
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Concrete as a noun:
Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
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Concrete as a noun (US):
A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
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Concrete as a verb (usually, transitive):
To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
Examples:
"I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn."
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Concrete as a verb (usually, transitive):
To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
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Concrete as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.
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Discrete as an adjective:
Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
Examples:
"a government with three discrete divisions"
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Discrete as an adjective:
That can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
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Discrete as an adjective (electrical engineering):
Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resisters, as opposed to integrated circuitry.
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Discrete as an adjective (audio engineering):
Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
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Discrete as an adjective (topology):
Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
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Discrete as an adjective:
Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.
Examples:
"I resign my life, but not my honour" is a discrete proposition."