Can we discreetly point out that discrete is the opposite of continuous?

[UnquietDad]

Because I am biting my tongue on the Facebook thread...

Oh this one annoys me.

One of my favourite overused words UQD. I quite agree that it's horrid to see it abused. (Although I'll fight shy of biting your tongue if you don't mind.)

Now I've always known the difference, but have never been absolutely sure which spelling was which, and have tended to avoid the word where possible. So thanks for the discretion .

I'm glad someone has mentioned this, I thought it was just me. Now I can hold my head up high in the knowledge that I am not the only "fussy nitpicker" as a colleague once called me when I drew this very point to his attention.

and that a quantum leap/change is a TINY (but discrete) change!

Yes discrete is one of those words so rarely used correctly.

Let's not lose its meaning.

As with disinterested, which is in severe danger of becoming a synonym of uninterested.

Meanwhile, apparently, "brought" is about to fall out of use altogether, as nowadays everyone says "bought" whether they paid for the item or merely came along with it [grrrr]