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

  1. 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."

  2. Concrete as an adjective:

    Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.

  3. 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"

  4. Concrete as an adjective:

    United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.

  5. 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."

  1. Concrete as a noun (obsolete):

    A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.

  2. 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."

  3. Concrete as a noun (logic):

    A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

  4. Concrete as a noun:

    Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

  5. Concrete as a noun (US):

    A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.

  1. 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."

  2. Concrete as a verb (usually, transitive):

    To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

  3. Concrete as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.

  1. Discrete as an adjective:

    Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.

    Examples:

    "a government with three discrete divisions"

  2. Discrete as an adjective:

    That can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.

  3. Discrete as an adjective (electrical engineering):

    Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resisters, as opposed to integrated circuitry.

  4. 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.

  5. Discrete as an adjective (topology):

    Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.

  6. Discrete as an adjective:

    Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause.

    Examples:

    "I resign my life, but not my honour" is a discrete proposition."