Soal Discreet dan Discrete
Pengertian dan Penggunaan Discreet dan Discrete
Discreet dan discrete adalah homophone (kata-kata yang sama pelafalannya namun berbeda artinya). Kedua kata yang berasal dari kata Latin yang sama discretus (= separate) ini umum menimbulkan kebingungan.
Beberapa Contoh Kalimat Discreet dan Discrete
No | Contoh Kalimat Discreet dan Discrete |
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1 | It was they who made the discreet inquiries. (Mereka yang membuat pertanyaan-pertanyaan rahasia tersebut.) careful |
2 | Ana and Putri exchanged discreet smiles on the street. (Ana dan Putri bertukar senyum di jalan.) unobtrusive |
3 | The reactions can be divided into four discrete chemical steps. (Reaksi tersebut dapat dipisahkan menjadi empat langkah kimiawi terpisah.) |
4 | This table shows the joint distribution between two discrete random variables. (Tabel ini menunjukkan distribusi gabungan antara dua variable acak terpisah.) |
Soal Discreet dan Discrete
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References:
- Discreet and Discrete. http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/discreetgloss.htm. Accessed on July 18, 2015.
- Discreet/Discrete. https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/discreet.html. Accessed on July 18, 2015.
- Discrete/Discreet. http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/top-10-commonly-confused-words-vol-2/discrete-discreet.html. Accessed on July 18, 2015.
- When To Use “Discrete” vs “Discreet”. http://www.merriam-webster.com/blog/discreet-discrete-definitions-examples.htm. Accessed on July 18, 2015.
- Discreet. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/discreet. Accessed on July 18, 2015.