Description and discretion are two paronyms, as they are similar in spelling and pronunciation, however, they have different meanings.
Description means reporting something and discretion is being discreet.
What is description?
Description means the act of describing or reporting something in detail.
This feminine noun is related to the verb to describe and some synonyms are: exposition, report and detailing.
Example sentences with description
- That one description by Eça de Queiroz gave me goosebumps.
- We must make a description on the writing test.
- On LinkedIn we insert the description of our professional profile.
- I applied for that job opening through description of the post.
- At the police station, Alana made the description from the subject to the policeman.
- Barbara presented a description detail of the house.
- For the description done, the odds indicate that the suspect is your neighbor.
- No one better than Bianca in description of the art object.
What does discretion mean?
Discretion it means the quality of being discreet. This feminine noun is synonymous with modesty, reserve and restraint.
Discreet phrases
- In the film, her gestures were used with a lot of discretion.
- Maria acted with discretion on that subject.
- Julia has great discretion in personal life.
- At the philosophy seminar, Flávia presented the theme with discretion.
- These days, act with discretion at work is very important.
- The lawyer said the problem will be dealt with discretion.
- to keep the discretion it is necessary not to speak out loud.
- For Carla, it's very complicated to act with discretion, as she is very expansive.
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